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Chapter 4
5th History Alive
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Age of Exploration | the period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas |
| the Americas | the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America |
| archaelogist | a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures |
| astrolabe | an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars |
| cash crop | a crop that is grown in large quantities to sell |
| explorer | a person who travels in search of new geographical information |
| nation-state | an independent country whose people mostly share a common identity |
| New World | the name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas |