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| instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars |
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| improved type of sailing ship in the 1400s |
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| the disease caused by the lack of vitamin c in someone's diet |
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| travel all the way around the Earth |
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| term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother |
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| large domelike Buddhist shrine |
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| Indian soldier who served in an army set up by the French or English East Indian company |
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| name for the Spanish expolorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s |
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| formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defence |
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| war fought between two groups of people in the same nation |
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| representative who ruled one of Spain's provinces in the Americas in the King's name; one who governed in India |
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| large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who lived there |
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| right the Spanish government granted to its American colonist to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans |
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| worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt |
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| member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in the Americas |
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| person in Spain's colonies in the Americas who was an American-born |
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| person in Spain's colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent |
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| in Spain's colonies in the Americas, person who was of African and European descent |
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| someone sent on a religious mission |
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| money taken through taxes |
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| colonial trade route among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves |
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| complete control of a product or business by one person or group |
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| economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and divide up markets |
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| economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available |
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| private trading company in which shares are sold to investors to finance business ventures |
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| policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver |
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| person who assumes financial risks in the hope of making a profit |
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