Unit 1 Vocabulary

3. Passage, the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean by which enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas/ the second leg of the Triangular Trade Route
4. people who try to spread Christianity to others
6. Trade, a transatlantic trade network formed by Europe/West Africa/ and the Americas
8. a Spanish conqueror who sought gold and other riches in the Americas
10. a system in Spain's American colonies in which wealthy settlers were given plots of land and allowed to enslave the people who lived there
13. a deadly virus that causes a high fever and small blisters on the skin
14. European country that revolted in 1581 to become independent from Spain/ Settled area in North America known as New Amsterdam.

1. an armed but privately owned ship that acts under the authority of a government to participate in warfare; or a sailor on such a ship
2. travel completely around the Earth
5. an economic policy that gives a country sole ownership of the trade occurring in its colonies
6. of Tordesillas, An agreement between Spain and Portugal to divide newly discovered lands outside of Europe
7. Exchange, the exchange of plants/animals/people/ and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Columbus' first voyage to the Western Hemisphere
9. Italian explorer and navigator who completed Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean opening the way for the widespread European Exploration and colonization of the Americas
11. Passage, a passage by water between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America
12. a natural or induced protection against disease