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