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Social Studies
Ch. 4
Question | Answer |
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New world | The European name for lands in the Western Hemisphere, including North and South America. The Americans were a "new" world for Europeans, but not for the native peoples who already lived there. |
Age of Exploration | A time in history when people from Europe traveled to faraway and unfamiliar places, such as Africa and the Americas, in order to learn about them and make maps of them. The Age of Exploration began in he late 1400s and continued through the 1500s. |
Explorers | People who traveled to new and unfamiliar places in order to learn what these places are like and describe them with words, pictures, and maps. |
archeologists | scientists who study human artifacts to learn about past cultures. |
ore | rock or earth from which metal can be taken |
cash crop | a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale to other people |