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Lesson 4 and 5
Explorers
Term | Definition |
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archaeologist | a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures. |
New World | the name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas. |
Age of Exploration | the period of time, beginning in the late 1400's in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Amerias. |
explorer | a person who travels in search of new geographical information. |
astrolabe | an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the posituon of the sun and other stars. |
the Americas | the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America. |
cash crop | a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale. |
East Indies | Southeast Asia, including Idia, Idoesia and Malaysia |
conquistador | a Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in 1500's and claimed large area of land for Spain. |
colony | a commuity ruled by another country, not by its own people. |
contagious disease | a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air. |
Northwest Passage | the supposed route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found. |