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Age of Exploration

Key terms from the Age of Exploration

QuestionAnswer
relating to ancient Greece & Rome classical
money paid for protection tribute
an imaginary line running from the North pole to the South pole dividing the Americas between Spain & Portugal line of demarcation
to circle around the globe circumnavigate
home or community of homes built by some Native Americans pueblo
the application of scientific discoveries to practical use technology
a large estate run by an overseer or manager & farmed by laborers who live there plantation
system of rewarding conquistadors with tracts of land & the right to tax & demand labor from Native Americans who lived on the land encomienda
an instrument used by sailors to observe positions of the stars astrolabe
small fast ship with a broad bow caravel
Spanish fort built in the Americas to protect mission settlements presidio
Spanish explorer in the Americas in the 1500's conquistador
(Spanish) religious settlement mission
exchange of goods ideas
the theory that a state's or nation's power depended on its wealth mercantilism
French trapper living among Native Americans coureur de bois
a narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water strait
a journey to a holy place pilgrimage
a period of intellectual & artistic creativity c. 1300 to 1600
water route to Asia though North America sought by European explorers Northwest Passage
a Muslim house of worship mosque
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