Unit 2: How Trade and Travel Changed the World
Lesson I: Old and New World Exchanges
Key Terms
| Key Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Columbian Exchange | the trade of goods, animals, diseases, and ideas between Europe and the Americas during colonization |
| indentured servitude | usually consisting of adult European persons bound to labor for a period of years in the New World |
| New World | a name for North and South America in relation to Europe, especially during the time of exploration and colonization of the Americas by Europeans |
| Old World | a name for the three main continents: Africa, Asia, and Europe; the known world prior to global exploration |
| plantation system | farming for the production of staple crops in the New World; occurring mostly in the Southern United States, Caribbean area, and Brazil |
| Transatlantic slave trade | trading, primarily of African people, to the colonies of the New World |
Directions: Practice using these key terms.
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