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Social Studies Vocab
Chapter 3
Term | Definition |
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astrolabe | an instrument formerly used to calculate one's position compared to the sun, moon, and stars |
claim | to declare that a person or a country owns something |
conquistador | any of the Spanish conquerors in the Americas during the early 1500s |
cartographer | a person who makes maps |
compass | an instrument used to find direction |
caravel | a ship that used square or triangular sails to travel long distances swiftly |
desertion | leaving one's duties, such as military service, without permission |
demarcation | a line that marks a boundary |
estuary | the wide mouth of a river where ocean tides flow in |
empire | the conquered lands of many people and places governed by one ruler |
grant | a sum of money or other payment given for a particular reason |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
monarch | a king or queem |
mutiny | rebellion against the leader of one's group |
Northwest Passage | a nonexistent waterway in North America thought to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
Renaissance | a French word meaning "rebirth" used to name a time of advances in thought, learning, art, and science |
treaty | an agreement between nations about peace, trade, or other matters |
navigation | the method of planning and controlling the course of a ship |