Memory Vocab - Exploration (Hard)Version en ligne Vocab - Exploration par Todd Gainey A European country that explored the New World. Mercantilism An expensive and high-demand crop that cannot be grown in Europe. Mother Country Trading Post Colony Plantation Colony An economic system that requires more exports than imports. A person who is forced to work for someone else without pay or promise of freedom. A device with a needle that always points North. A smaller, light-weight ship with triangular sails that can "beat" the wind. A place where goods from the New World could be bought or traded for. Usually built along major rivers. Lands where cash crops were grown. A person who sells his labor (usually for about 7 years) in exchange for passage to the New World. A device that uses the angles of the stars or sun to determine the user's distance from the equator. Slave Settler Colony Astrolabe A settlement designed to claim land for the mother country. Cash Crop Caravel Indentured Servant Compass