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Chapter 2, Lesson 1
Explorer of Florida and Texas
Term | Definition |
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Merchants | A person who buys and sells goods. |
Navigation | The process of charting a course for a ship or an aircraft. |
Astrolabe | A instrument used in navigation. |
Technology | The use of scientific knowledge or new tools to improve how things are done. |
Caravel | A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400s. |
Trading Posts | A store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place. |
Slave trade | The capture, enslavement, buying , and selling of people for profit. |
Patron | A person who supports the work of anther person or organization, often with money. |
Conquistadors | A conqueror. |
Expedition | An organized group of people taking a journey for a purpose. |
Empire | A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single authority. |
Circumnavigate | To travel completely around. |
Colony | A settlement far away from the country that rules it. |