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Conqustador
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Spanish conquerer
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Colony
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Linked to a parent country by trade and government control
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Mercantilism
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Nation's prosperity depends on large supply of gold and silver
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Balance of trade
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Difference between what a nation imports and exports
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Plantation
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Large agricultural estate
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Triangular trade
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Pattern of trade, connecting europe, africa/asia, and the americas
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Middle passage
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Journey of slaves from africa to america
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Vasco de gama
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Sailed around cape of good hope to india
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Christopher columbus
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Named the land he discovered the indies
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John cabot
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Explored the coastline of new england
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Amerigo vespucci
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Wrote letters describing the new world
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What were the three main reasons that europeans of the fifteenth century were willing to make dangerous voyages?
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God, glory, gold
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Why were colonies important in the theory of mercantilism
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They were both a source of raw materials and markets for finished goods
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Identify and briefly describe the negative consequences of the spanish encomienda system. Were there any positive consequences?
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Encomienda- right to use spanish natives as laborers. negative- labor, starvation, death by disease positive- profitable crops
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Which leg of the trade route was the middle passage?
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Africa to America
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