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| astrolabe | a tool to navigate using the sun and stars
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| circumnavigate | to sail all the around the world
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| conquistador | Spanish adventurers who took control of Mexico and Peru by force in the 16th century
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| convert | to change or make something change from one form, religion, purpose, or system to another
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| exotic | seeming exciting and unusual because it is connected with foreign countries
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| expedition | an organized journey with a particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known
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| monopoly | the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service
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| Migration | to go from one region, or place to another
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| Missionary | ONE WHO TRAVELS TO A TERRITORY OR COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MAKE CONVERTS TO THEIR RELIGION
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| Mercantilism | Economic system of exporting the largest possible quantity of its products and importing as little as possible, thus establishing a favorable balance of trade
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| Encomienda | the system, Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants
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| Colonization | a settlement subject to a parent nation
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| Slave Route | Route taken by slave traders on the Atlantic ocean
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| Trade Route | any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc
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| Northwest Passage | a ship route along the Arctic coast of Canada and Alaska, joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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| Cape of Good Hope | a cape in South Africa
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| EXPLORER | A TRAVELER TO A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PLACE
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| OLD WORLD | EASTERN HEMISPHERE: ASIA, EUROPE, AND AFRICA
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| EMPIRE | A GROUP OF KINGDOMS, NATIONS, OR TERRITORIES CONTROLLED BY A SINGLE RULER
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| CIRCUMNAVIGATE | TO SAIL OR FLY COMPLETELY AROUND SOMETHING SUCH AS EARTH
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| COLONY | TERRITORY SETTLED AND RULED BY A DISTANT COUNTRY
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| MIGRATE | TO MOVE FROM ONE PLACE AND ESTABLISH A HOME IN A NEW PLACE
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| Triangular trade | a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought and transferred between the west African coast, New England (colonies), and West Indies
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| monopoly | the complete control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service
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| caravel | a small Portuguese or Spanish ship of the Middle Ages, and later usually lateen rigged on two or three masts.
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