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