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Age Of Exploration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Modify | To change partially. |
| Predict | To say that something will happen before it happens. |
| Vital | Necessary for something to succeed or exist. |
| Enrich | To make wealthy. |
| Hemisphere | Half of a sphere, or one of the halves of Earth. |
| Grant | To give official permission to do something. |
| Efficient | Getting a job done with the least possible effort. |
| Circulate | To move around or to go from place to place. |
| Cartography | During the renaissance, mapmakers developed the science of making maps of globes, known as cartography. |
| Vasco da Gama | In 1497, Captain Vasco da Gama also sailed south from Portugal. |
| Christopher Columbus | Christopher columbus, a sailor from italy, thought differently. |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Amerigo Vespucci, an italian navigator on this voyage, later wrote about his travels. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan launched the most ambitious voyage of discovery. |
| Circumnavigated | They circumnavigated, or sailed completely around, the world. |
| Moctezuma | Moctezuma was the Aztec leader. |
| Colonization | In the Americas, Spain quickly began colonization, or the process of taking over territory, creating a new government, and settling towns. |
| Conquistadors | The explorers and soldiers who conquered territory were known as conquistadors. |
| Hernan Cortes | In 1519, Hernan Cortes sailed to Mexico to conquer the rich Aztec Empire. |
| Francisco Pizarro | Rumors of another golden empire drew Francisco Pizarro and a small group of conquistadors to the Inca Empire in 1531. |
| Atahualpa | After the civil war, Atahualpa won the throne, but the war had weakened and divided the empire. |
| Bullion | Bullion is a precious metals melted into bars. |
| Immunity | So many people died because they lacked Immunity, or the ability of the body to fight a disease. |
| Missionaries | Missionaries are church members who try to convert people to a particular religion. |
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres is called the Columbian Exchanges. |
| Capitalism | Capitalism is an economy based on the private ownership of property and the use of property to compete for profits, or gains, in a market. |
| Cottage Industry | As a result, the use of workers who work at home with their own equipment is known as cottage industry. |
| Traditional economy | A traditional economy is an economy in which the exchange of goods are based on competition is based on custom. |
| Market economy | By contrast, a market economy is one in which prices and the distribution of goods are based on competition in a market. |
| Mercantilism | Mercantilism is an economic policy that promotes building a nation's strength by expanding its trade. |