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European Exploration
US History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| explorers | people who go to an unfamiliar area |
| New World | Western hemisphere, specifically the Americas |
| slavery | treatment of people as property |
| conquistadors | Spanish soldier-explorers who conquered people |
| colony | new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land |
| missionaries | people who travel to a territory or community to convert their religion |
| trappers | people who catch animals |
| Columbian Exchange | exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas |
| rivalry | competition for the same objective |