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European Exploration
US History
Term | Definition |
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explorers | people who go to an unfamiliar area |
New World | Western hemisphere, specifically the Americas |
slavery | treatment of people as property |
conquistadors | Spanish soldier-explorers who conquered people |
colony | new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land |
missionaries | people who travel to a territory or community to convert their religion |
trappers | people who catch animals |
Columbian Exchange | exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas |
rivalry | competition for the same objective |