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| profit | money made on goods |
| absolute location | exact location of a place expressed in longitude and latitude or street address |
| global grid | set of squares that can help determine absolute location on a globe |
| latitude | imaginary line, parallel, measuring distance north or south of the equator |
| longitude | imaginary line, or meridian, measuring distance east to west of the prime meridian |
| meridian | line of longitude east or west of Earth's prime meridian |
| parallel | line of latitude |
| prime meridian | line of longitude labeled 0 degrees longitude |
| relative location | a place in relation to another |
| colony | settlement far away from the country that rules it |
| columbian exchange | transfer of people, plants, animals, and germs across the Atlantic Ocean following the voyages of Columbus |
| expedition | journey made for a special purpose |
| conquistador | a spanish conqueror who first came to the Americas in the 1500's |
| empire | an area in which different groups of people are controlled by one ruler or government |
| enslave | to force a person to work for no money without the freedom to leave |
| frontier | far end of a country where people are just beginning to settle |
| mestizo | a person mixed of Spanish and Indian heritage |
| missionary | a person who teaches his or her religion to those who have different beliefs |
| circle graph | chart that shows how something can be divided into parts |
| line graph | graph that shows changes over time |
| merchant copy | group of merchants who share the cost and profits of a business |
| Northwest Passage | water route believed to flow through North America to Asia |
| ally | a person, or nation united with another in order to do something |
| coureurs de bois | people in New France who trapped furs without permission from the French government |
| export | to send good to another country for sale or use |
| import | bring goods from another country for sale or use |
| voyager | trader who transported furs by canoe in New France |
| cash crop | crop that is grown to be sold for profit |
| charter | official document giving a person permission to do something, such as settle in a an area |
| House of Burgesses | lawmaking body of colonial Virginia, which was established in Jamestown 1619 |
| indentured servant | a person who worked for someone in colonial America for a set time in exchange for the ocean voyage |
| pilgrim | a person who travels to a special place for religious reasons |
| sachem | Iroquois chief or tribal leader |
