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Exploration Vocab

5th - Social Studies Exploration Vocabulary Words

TermDefinition
Cultural Diversity A society where groups of people with different ways of life live together
Cultural Exchange Groups of people who share and adopt different aspects of each other's way of life
Encomienda A grant by the King of Spain under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted land & the natives who live on it
Ethnic Group A group sharing a common culture, religion, language, and a way of life
Immune cannot be affected by disease
Indigenous Population People already living in a particular region or environment before exploration by Europeans
Colonization The migration and settlement in another area
Explorer A person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information
New World North America, Mesoamerica, the Caribbean, and South America
Northwest Passage A route by sea between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans along the northern coast of North America
Pandemic A disease occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting a very high number of people
Demographics Data about population characteristics
Turning Point Key event or series of events that taken as a whole significantly change the way of life for a group of people
Columbian Exchange A transfer of living things between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Hacienda Plantation owned by the Spanish settlers , or the catholic church in Spanish America
Created by: Mrs.Villareale
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