Memory Vocab - Exploration (Hard)Versión en línea Vocab - Exploration por Todd Gainey Mercantilism Plantation Colony A person who sells his labor (usually for about 7 years) in exchange for passage to the New World. A device with a needle that always points North. Settler Colony A European country that explored the New World. 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. Trading Post Colony Compass 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. Mother Country Astrolabe Indentured Servant Slave Caravel Cash Crop Lands where cash crops were grown. A place where goods from the New World could be bought or traded for. Usually built along major rivers. 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.