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Chapter 2-Less.:1-2

Chapter 2 Vocabulary

TermDefinition
armada fleet of warships
cartographer person who makes maps
circumnavigate to sail or travel around the world
expedition a journey or voyage undertaken with a particular purpose, such as for exploration
navigator a person who directs the route of a ship by using instruments and maps
Columbian Exchange the transfer of plants, animals, culture, populations, technology, and ideas between the Old World (Europe) and the New (the Americas) that started with Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage and continued through the 16th century
import to buy or bring things from another country.
technology the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
strait a narrow water passage between larger bodies of water
conquistadors Spanish explorer in the Americas during the 1500s
immunity resistance to diseases
pueblo a town and center of trade in Spanish America
mission a Spanish community for the religious conversion and training of Native Americans
presidio a fort in Spanish America
plantation large farm that produces crops to sell in large amounts
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