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5th-Social Studies
Exploration
Question | Answer |
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encounter | a meeting |
empire | a collection of leands ruled by a nation that conquered them |
monarchs | kings and queens |
Renaissance | a time during the 1400's and 1500's when people of Europe were making big improvements in science and technology |
compass | an instrument for finding directions |
city-state | a city and the surrounding area that stand as an independent state |
historical map | a map that gives information about a place as it was in the past |
profit | money left over after goods and the cost of getting them is paid |
navigation | the skill of controlling the course of a ship |
cartographer | a map maker |
astrolabe | an instrument used to calculate the position of the sun, moon, and stars |
caravel | a type of ship that used a square or triangular sail to travel long distances quickly |
expedition | journey of exploration |
cause | an event or action that makes something else happen |
effect | what happens as a result of another event or action |
claim | to declare ownership |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
demarcation | a line that marks a boundary; In 1493 the Pope drew a line of demarcation which gave Portugal the rights to |