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SS Mid-Term Exam

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Rudder   A flat piece of wood metal or plastic hinged vertically to hear the stern of a boat or a ship steering  
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Astrolabe   An instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements  
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Sail   A piece of material extended on a mast to catch the wind and propel a boat, and ship  
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Atlantic Slave Trade   The Europeans started it because all of the Native Americans died because the Europeans brought diseases to their homeland and the Native Americans weren’t used to the diseases so they died from them.  
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Colonialism   building settlements in other lands  
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Navigator   A person who directs the route or course of a ship, aircraft, or other form of transportation,  
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Cartographer   A person who makes map  
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Conquistador   a conquerer  
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Explorer   A person who explores an unfamiliar area  
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Armada   a fleet of warships  
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Viceroy   royal representatives  
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Indentured Servant   Signed contracts to work for a set number of years to pay off a trip  
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Tenant Farmer   Paid rent and worked a fixed number of days  
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Mercantilism   The belief of a nation's power were depended on owning gold and silver  
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Commerce   The activity of buying and selling  
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Joint Stock Company   Where privately owned companies sell stock to a partial ownership  
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Representative Assembly   elected representatives spoke for the people  
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Isolationism   A policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups  
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