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7SS_AgeOfExplo2
Age of Exploration Vocab #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Things from Europe to the New World | horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, diseases, slaves from Africa |
| colony | a country or an area ruled by another country from far away |
| plantation | a large farm, often worked by slaves, where crops such as sugar, tobacco, or rubber are grown |
| mercantilism | an economic policy where nations try to gather as much gold and silver as possible, done by controlling trade and establishing colonies |
| inflation | an increase in the supply of money compared to goods, resulting in higher prices |
| capitalism | an economic system based on investment of money (capital) for profit |
| epidemic | an outbreak of a disease that affects many people |
| longitude | a measure of how far East or West you are on the globe (lines run up and down) |
| latitude | a measure of how far North or South you are on the globe (lines run east and west) |
| Henry the Navigator | he encouraged Portuguese exploration and began a school of navigation |
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer. First European to sail around the Southern tip of Africa |
| Vasco de Gama | Portuguese explorer. Reached India by sea by going around Africa |
| Pedro Cabral | Portuguese explorer. Blown off course and finds Brazil in South America. Claims the land for Portugal |
| Ferdinand Magellan | His crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. He dies in the Philipines. |
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