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Ch.2 US History
Explorers
Term | Definition |
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Astrolabe | An instrument used in navigation. |
Caravel | A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400's |
circumnavigate | To travel completely around |
colony | A settlement far away from the country that rules it |
Columbian Exchange | The movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the hemispheres. |
Conquistador | A conqueror |
Devastation | Great harm |
Empire | A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single authority |
epidemic | An outbreak of disease affecting many people at the same time |
merchant | a person who buys and sells good |
navigation | The process of charting a course for a ship or aircraft |
patron | A person who supports the work of another person or organization, often with money |
slave trade | The capture, enslavement, buying, and selling of people of profit |
technolology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
trading post | A store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place |
expedition | An organized journey |