SS Ch3 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Empire | The conquered land of many people and places governed by one ruler |
Monarch | A king or queen |
Renaissance | A french word meaning rebirth used to name a time of advances in thought learning art and sience |
compass | An instrument used to find direction |
navigation | The method of planing and controlling the course of a ship |
cartographer | A person who makes maps |
astrolabe | An instrument formerly used to calculate one's position compared to the sun, moon and stars |
caravel | A ship that used square or triangular sail to travel long distances |
isthmus | A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas |
demarcation | A line that marks a boundary |
treaty | An agreement between nations about peace, trade or other matters |
grant | A sum of money or other payment for a particular purpose |
conquistador | Aicany of the Spanish conquerors in the Americans during the early 1500s |
Northwest Passage | A nonexistent waterway in North America though to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean |
mutiny | Rebellion against the leader of one's group |
estuary | The wide mouth of a river where ocean tides flow in |
desertion | Leaving one's duties such as military service with out permission |
claim | To declare that a person or country owns something |
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