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Explore Vocabulary
Practice your Exploration Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| capital resource | a resource that can be used to become wealthy |
| Cartier | a French explorer who led three expeditions to Canada, in 1534, 1535, and 1541. He was looking for a route to the Pacific through North America (a Northwest Passage) but did not find one. |
| century | a period of one hundred years (1900-1999) |
| Champlain | a French explorer and navigator who mapped much of northeastern North America and started a settlement in Quebec. |
| charter | a document from an organization or king that authorizes setting up a new colony or a voyage |
| climate | typical weather in a region |
| Columbus | an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, hoping to find a route to India (in order to trade for spices). |
| culture | way of life for a group of people |
| decade | a period of ten years (1990-2000) |
| economy | the making and using of products and services in a community |
| environment | surroundings |
| exploration | travel for discovery |
| Hudson | an English explorer and navigator who explored parts of the Arctic Ocean and northeastern North America. |
| Hudson River | A river in New York that was “discovered” by Henry Hudson |
| human resource | the people that make up a country’s workforce |
| interdependence | depending on each other |
| map | a visual representation that shows all or part of the Earth's surface |
| natural resource | a naturally occurring material, e.g. coal or wood, that can be used by people |
| navigator | somebody who tells people where to go |
| Northwest Passage | A legendary route that would allow Europeans to sail Northwest to India in order to set up a trade route |
| raw material | natural material that can be used to create products |
| slave | someone forced to work for someone else |
| slave trade | the buying and selling of slaves |
| technology | using science to solve problems |
| time line | a chronological (in the order it happens) representation of events |
| trade | the activity of buying, selling, or bartering (10 beads for 29 beaver skins) goods |
| Verrazzano | an Italian navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia. |
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