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socialstudies201
s.s term test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Columbian Exchange | this was a movement of people,animals,plants,cultures,and evan deisies between the Easter and Western hemispheres |
| epidemic | an outbreak of desies that speads quickly and affects many people. |
| devastation | a great harm was enormous |
| merchant | people who buy and sell goods, bought popular Asian goods, such as silk and spices |
| navigation | process sailors used to plot there course and find their location far from land |
| astrolabe | navigation tool measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon |
| technology | use of scientific knowledge and ideas to create practical tools that improve lives |
| caravel | a new kind of sailing ship invented by Portuguese shipbuilders |
| trading posts | stores and small settlements where goods could be bought and sold |
| slave trade | bought and sold humans as property |
| patron | gives financial support to another person or cause |
| conquistadors | a group of Spanish soldiers, or conquerors |
| expedition | organized journey |
| empire | group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or leader |
| colony | settlement or area far from the country that rules it |
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