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