Memory Vocab - Exploration (Hard)Version en ligne Vocab - Exploration par Todd Gainey A device with a needle that always points North. Slave Trading Post Colony A device that uses the angles of the stars or sun to determine the user's distance from the equator. A settlement designed to claim land for the mother country. Compass An economic system that requires more exports than imports. A European country that explored the New World. Caravel Astrolabe A place where goods from the New World could be bought or traded for. Usually built along major rivers. Plantation Colony Mother Country Indentured Servant 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. Mercantilism Lands where cash crops were grown. Settler Colony A smaller, light-weight ship with triangular sails that can "beat" the wind. Cash Crop A person who sells his labor (usually for about 7 years) in exchange for passage to the New World.