Chapter 3 The Meeting of Different Worlds Vocabulary

Monarch King or Queen

Crusades Wars fought by Christians and Muslims in the Middle Ages for control of the Middle East (holy land)

Renaissance (rebirth) A time when a burst of learning took place in Europe from 1300’s – 1600’s

Magnetic Compass Device that shows which direction North is

Colony Group of people who move to a new land and are governed by their native land

Conquistador Spanish word for conqueror

Circumnavigate to travel around; sail around the world

Columbian Exchange the transfer of people, products and ideas between Europe and the America’s

Encomienda Right given by the Spanish government that allowed Spanish settlers to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans

Plantation farm worked by laborers who live on the property

Middle Passage Ocean trip from Africa to the Americas in which thousands of enslaved African died

Mercantilism economic theory that colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful American Colonies England Raw Materials— wood, cotton, etc. Manufactured goods—Furniture, clothing

Northwest Passage A waterway through or around North America

Coureurs de bois French term that referred to European traders who lived and worked with the Native Americans

Alliance an agreement between parties that benefits them both