Explorers
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Astrolabe | An instrument used in navigation.
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| Caravel | A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400's
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| circumnavigate | To travel completely around
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| colony | A settlement far away from the country that rules it
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| Columbian Exchange | The movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the hemispheres.
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| Conquistador | A conqueror
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| Devastation | Great harm
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| Empire | A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single authority
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| epidemic | An outbreak of disease affecting many people at the same time
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| merchant | a person who buys and sells good
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| navigation | The process of charting a course for a ship or aircraft
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| patron | A person who supports the work of another person or organization, often with money
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| slave trade | The capture, enslavement, buying, and selling of people of profit
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| technolology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
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| trading post | A store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place
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| expedition | An organized journey
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