| A | B |
|---|
| astrolabe | instrument that measured the positions of stars |
| cabildo | city council of the Spanish governments in the Americas |
| encomiendas | rights to demand taxes or labor from Indians living on the land |
| plantation | large estate operated by the owner or overseer and farmed by workers living on it |
| donatario | landowner (in the Portugeuse gov. of Brazil) |
| patroons | wealthy landowners |
| proprietary colonies | colonies owned by individuals, esp. friends of the king |
| entrepeneurs | merchants who were willing to take high risks in hope of large profits |
| capital | large sums of money to invest in businesses or trading ventures |
| joint-stock company | private trading company that sold shares to investors |
| mercantilism | the idea that a nation's economic strength depended on keeping and increasing its gold supplies by exporting more than it imported |
| domestic system | a system in which entrepreneurs could send raw materials to farm people who earned money by producing goods in their own cottages. |
