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