Unit 2

1. the policy or practice of expanding a country's territory, influence, or power, often through military conquest, colonization, or diplomacy.
6. native to a particular region or land, often associated with pre-colonial peoples and cultures.
10. the journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas, often marked by brutal conditions, disease, and death.
11. the hierarchical arrangement of individuals or groups in a society, often determined by factors such as wealth, power, and social status.
12. a large political unit or state, often characterized by power, territorial expansion, and dominance over people/other nations
14. the process by which businesses, organizations, or countries operate on an international scale to create interdependence between people, cultures, and economies
15. the act of taking control of a territory, often through military force

2. the transportation of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas, often via European-controlled trading posts and ships, between the 16th and 19th centuries.
3. an economic theory and policy that advocates for a country to export more than it imports to accumulate wealth and power compared to other countries
4. the process of distributing resources, such as money, labor, or materials, often determined by economics or politics
5. a Spanish conqueror or explorer, often associated with the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century.
7. a person who travels to new or unknown regions, often for the purpose of discovery or adventure.
8. goods or products that are traded (usually for profit) such as raw materials, food, or manufactured goods
9. a period of European exploration and expansion, often associated with the 15th to 17th centuries, characterized by voyages of discovery, colonization, and globalization.
13. sequence of rulers from the same family or line, often associated with monarchies