World history Topic 4

columbian Exchanges

The exchanges of plants,animals,and disease between the westeren and eastern hemispheren as a result of exploration.

Carvel

A small fast maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usally three masts with lateen sails

cash crop

A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal use

Colonies

settlements of people living in a new territory linked with the parents country by trade and direct government control.

chartered company

A corporation formed by special permission from a sovereign, often to colonize a religion or handle imports/exports from specific colony.

Maritime

seafaring or oceangoing relating to sea or ocean

mercantilism

A set of Principles that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and sliver

circumnavigate

Travel completely around

colony

settlements of people living in a new territory linked with the parents country by trade and direct government control.

evangelization

The act of converting people to christanity

jonit stock company

a company jointly owed by shareholders

platation

A large agrultural estate

Galleon

spanish trading shio larger and heavier than a caravel

Multinational corportation

A company operating in many countries

conquistadors

soldiers and explorerse who led the Spanish conquest of the americas

encomieenda

a system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas; Spanish landowners had the right, as granted by Queen Isabella, to use Native Americans as laborers

mita

a labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft indigenous people to work

peninsular

a person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a Spanish or Portuguese official who resided temporarily in Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe

creole

a person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently

trianogular passage

trade network connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas

middle passage

the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

capitalism

an economic system in which people can invest in trade and goods for profit

joint stock company

a business where shares of ownership in a company are bought and owned by shareholders

corporations

a company authorized to be a legal entity apart from its owners

mercantilism

a set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century; it held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver

blances of trade

difference in value between imports and exports

subsidy

payment made to support an enterprise a government thinks is beneficial

patois

mining city in Bolivia established in 1545

guaiacum

topical american evergreen tree

Valladolid

a city in a Castile spain

devoid

empty

cassava

Starchy root vegetable made into flour,beer,and other products

guano

excrement of seabirds and bats