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Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review

1. Racism The belief that some people are inferior because of their Race; used to justify slavery. 2. Mission Settlements built by the Catholic Church that included a church, a town, and farmlands.

3. Treaty of Tordesillas A 1494 agreement which divided lands between Spain and Portugal. 4. mercantilism Economic system the European nations used to enrich their treasuries by creating a favorable trade balance; emphasized colonies

5. Plantation Large farms that raised cash crops 6. New France first permanent French colony in North America; trading post established at Quebec.

7. Slavery The practice of one person being owned by another; became firmly established in the Americas in order to produce cash crops. 8. Missionaries People sent to convert the native people to Christianity.

9. Export Selling and sending a product out of a region or country. 10. New Netherland First permanent Dutch settlement in North America; New Amsterdam eventually became New York City.

11. Cash crop Crops raised to be sold for money; examples are sugar and tobacco. The middle leg of the triangular trade, it was a voyage slaves took from Africa to the Americas. 12. Middle Passage

13. Colony A group of people that settle in a distant land but remain subject to their native country

Today’s learning target: Ch. 2.2 Describe the competition among European nations to explore & colonize North America. Read, “One European’s Story” p. 35