socialstudies201 Word Scramble
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Columbian Exchange | this was a movement of people,animals,plants,cultures,and evan deisies between the Easter and Western hemispheres |
epidemic | an outbreak of desies that speads quickly and affects many people. |
devastation | a great harm was enormous |
merchant | people who buy and sell goods, bought popular Asian goods, such as silk and spices |
navigation | process sailors used to plot there course and find their location far from land |
astrolabe | navigation tool measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon |
technology | use of scientific knowledge and ideas to create practical tools that improve lives |
caravel | a new kind of sailing ship invented by Portuguese shipbuilders |
trading posts | stores and small settlements where goods could be bought and sold |
slave trade | bought and sold humans as property |
patron | gives financial support to another person or cause |
conquistadors | a group of Spanish soldiers, or conquerors |
expedition | organized journey |
empire | group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or leader |
colony | settlement or area far from the country that rules it |
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