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S.S.N 10/2012

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TermDefinition
ENCOUNTER A MEETING
EMPIRE A COLLECTION OF LANDS RULED BY A NATION THAT CONQUERED THEM.
MONARCHS KINGS ANDS QUEENS
RENAISSANCE A TIME DURING THE 1400S AND 1500S WHEN PEOPLE OF EUROPE WHERE MAKING BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN SCIENCE AND TECH; DURING THIS TIME PEOPLE WERE EAGER TO EXPLORE.
COMPASS AN INSTRUMENTS FOR FINDING DIRECTION.
CITY/STATE A CITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT STAND AS AN INDENPENDENT STATE
HISTORICAL MAP A MAP THAT GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT A PLACE AS IT WAS IN THE PAST.
PORFIT MONEY LEFT OVER AFTER GOODS AND THE COSTS OF GET THEM IS PAID
NAVIGATION A SKILL OF CONTROLLING THE COURSE A SHIP.
CARTOGRAPHER A MAP MAKER
ASTROLABE A INSTRUMENT USE TO CAULATE THE POSTION OF THE SUN, MOON,AND STARS
EXPEDITION JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION.
CAUSE AN EVENT OR ACTION THAT MAKES SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN.
EFFECT WHAT AS A RESULT OF ANOTHER EVENT OR ACTION
CLAIM TO DECLARE OWNERSHIP.
ISTHMUS AN NARROW STRIPE OF LAND THAT CONNECTS TWO LARGER LAND AREA.
DEMARCATION A LINE THAT MAKES A BOUNDARY; IN 1493 THE POPE DREW A LINE OF DEMARCATION WHICH GAVE PORTUGAL THE RIGHTS TO LANDS EAST OF THE LINE AND SPAIN RIGHTS TO THE LANDS WEST OF THE LINES
TREATY AN ARGUEMENT BETWEEN NATIONS ABOUT PEACE TRADE OR OTHER REASONS.
GRANT A SOME OF MONEY OR OTHER PAYMENT GIVEN FOR A PARTICULAR REASON
CONQUISTADOR ANY OF THE SPANISH CONQUERORS IN THE AMERICANS DURING THE EARLY 1500S.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE A WATERWAY ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF NORTH AMERICA CONNECTING THE ALANTIC AND THE PACIFIC OCEANS
ESTUARY THE WIDE MOUTH OF A RIVER WHERE THE OCEAN TIDE FLOWS IN.
RAPIADS FAST MOVING WATER
COMPANY A BUSSINESS
MUTINIED REBELLED
CARAVEL A TYPE OF SHIP THAT USED A SQUARE OR TRIANGLE SAILED TO TRAVEL LONG DISTANT QUICKLY.
DESERTIONS LEAVING ONE'S DUTIES SUCH AS MILTARY SERVES WITHOUT PERMISSION.
Created by: BRADLEY02
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