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AGE OF EXPLORATION
TERMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| astrolabe | a tool to navigate using the sun and stars |
| circumnavigate | to sail all the around the world |
| conquistador | Spanish adventurers who took control of Mexico and Peru by force in the 16th century |
| convert | to change or make something change from one form, religion, purpose, or system to another |
| exotic | seeming exciting and unusual because it is connected with foreign countries |
| expedition | an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known |
| monopoly | the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service |
| Migration | to go from one region, or place to another |
| Missionary | ONE WHO TRAVELS TO A TERRITORY OR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MAKE CONVERTS TO THEIR RELIGION |
| Mercantilism | Economic system of exporting the largest possible quantity of its products and importing as little as possible, thus establishing a favorable balance of trade |
| Encomienda | the system, Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants |
| Colonization | a settlement subject to a parent nation |
| Slave Route | Route taken by slave traders on the Atlantic ocean |
| Trade Route | any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc |
| Northwest Passage | a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| Cape of Good Hope | a cape in South Africa |
| EXPLORER | A TRAVELER TO A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PLACE |
| OLD WORLD | EASTERN HEMISPHERE: ASIA, EUROPE, AND AFRICA |
| EMPIRE | A GROUP OF KINGDOMS, NATIONS, OR TERRITORIES CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE RULER |
| CIRCUMNAVIGATE | TO SAIL OR FLY COMPLETELY AROUND SOMETHING SUCH AS EARTH |
| COLONY | TERRITORY SETTLED AND RULED BY A DISTANT COUNTRY |
| MIGRATE | TO MOVE FROM ONE PLACE AND ESTABLISH A HOME IN A NEW PLACE |
| Triangular trade | a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought and transferred between the west African coast, New England (colonies), and West Indies |
| monopoly | the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service |
| caravel | a small Portuguese or Spanish ship of the Middle Ages, and later usually lateen rigged on two or three masts. |
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