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Age of Exploration
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| New World | Refers to the Americas that were “discovered” by the Europeans in the late 1400s |
| Old World | Refers to the parts of the world known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas |
| Astrolabe | a device that enabled navigators to learn their ship’s location by charting the position of the stars |
| Caravel | Ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind, and had rudders to improve steering |
| Christopher Columbus | First known European to land in the Americas |
| Circumnavigate | To travel all the way around the globe |
| Columbian Exchange | The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa |
| Line of Demarcation | Boundary between Spanish & Portuguese territories in the New World |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | A treaty between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation |
| Colony | Area controlled by a more powerful country which rules the area, its peoples, and new settlers who move there. |
| Northwest Passage | A nonexistent path through North America that early explorers searched for that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean |
| Mother Country | A country that controls and has strong ties with its colonies or territories |
| Charter | An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony |
| New Netherland | Colony occupied by the Dutch in the Northeastern part of the present day United States |
| New Spain | Part of a huge Spanish colonial empire: from Florida & the Caribbean through the Southwest region & Mesoamerica, stretching through most of western South America |
| New France | French colonial region in North America: along the St. Lawrence River & parts of eastern Canada through the Great Lakes & Mississippi River region |
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