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10 Cards in this Set
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Cartographer
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mapmaker
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Astrolabe
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instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars
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Caravel
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improved type of sailing ship in the 1400's
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Scurvy
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disease caused by the lack of vitamin C in someone's diet
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Line of Demarcation
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line that divided the non-European world into two zones.
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Circumnavigate
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sailing around the entire world
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Matrilineal
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inheritance through the mother
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Outpost
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distant areas under a mother countries control
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Sepoys
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indian troops
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Conquistadors
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conquerers
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