New History vocab test

Colombian Exchange

The exchange of plants, animals, microbes, people, and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Columbus's first voyage to the western hemisphere

hacienda

A large plantation in a spanish-speaking colony.

mestizo

A person who has mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

plantation

A large farm; on southern plantations, slaves worked to grow and harvest crops

encomienda

A system in Spain's American colonies

immunity

protection against disease, either natural or induced by vaccination

mission

A Christian church settlement established to convert native peoples

quinine

A substance made from the bark of a tree that is an effective remedy for malaria