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Encounter Unit
Vocabulary
26
History
Not Applicable
10/20/2004

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Term
a plantation
Definition
a large farm that grows tobacco, sugar, or cotton.
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a monopoly
Definition
the complete control of a product or activity.
Term
the Mayflower Compact
Definition
the first document for self government in America.
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a caravan
Definition
a group of travelers.
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the Holy land
Definition
refers to the land of Palestine where Judiasm, Christianity, and Islam were born.
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a pilgrim
Definition
a person who travels for religious reasons.
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a viking or Norseman
Definition
a fierce Scandinavian pirate in the 11th century.
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Coureurs de bois
Definition
French fur trappers or traders
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a spice
Definition
a plant material used to season and flavor food.
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Conquistadors
Definition
Spanish soldiers who took land from the Native Americans.
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a Patroon
Definition
an owner of a large tract of land in Dutch New Netherlands.
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a compass
Definition
an instrument used to tell direction.
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Cathay
Definition
the old European name for China.
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an invention
Definition
something made for the first time.
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an astrolabe
Definition
an instrument used to find latitude.
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mercantilism
Definition
an economic plan where countries had trade monopolies with their new world colonies.
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The Crusades
Definition
religious wars to recover the Holy Land from the Moslems.
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a missionary
Definition
a person sent by a religious group to convert natives in a foreign land.
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a European
Definition
a person from the continent of Europe.
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a viceroy
Definition
a person who ruled the Spanish colonies for the king of Spain.
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a cash crop
Definition
a crop grown for profit and not the farmers own use.
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navigate
Definition
to direct the course of a ship.
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latitude
Definition
lines that measure distance north and south around the globe.
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royal
Definition
anything owned or controlled by a king or queen.
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habitant
Definition
a French peasant or farmer who workded the land in New France.
Term
an invention
Definition
something made for the first time.
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