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Age of Exploration
Montserrat Zamudio Per.7
| 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 | the science of making maps and 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, and 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 | the process of taking over inventory, creating a new government, and settling homes. |
| 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 a small group of Conquistadors to the Inca Empire in 1531. |
| Atahualpa | After a civil war, Atahualpa won the throne, but war had weaken and divided the empire. |
| bullion | precious metals melted into bars |
| immunity | the ability of the body to fight a disease. |
| missionary | church members who try to convert people to a particular religion. |
| mission | a religious settlement or base where missionaries work. |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of people, other living things, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere is called the Columbian Exchange |
| capitalism | An economy based on the private ownership of property and the property to compete of profits, or gains, in a market. |
| cottage industry | The use of workers who work at home with their own equipment is as cottage industry |
| traditional economy | An economy in which the exchange of goods are based in custom. |
| market economy | One in which prices and the distribution of goods are based on competition in a market. |
| mercantilism | An economic policy that promotes building a nation’s strength by expanding its trade |
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