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17 Cards in this Set
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Northwest Passage
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a waterway through the Americas
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navigation
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the science of plotting and controlling the course of a ship
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settlement
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a community of people in a new region
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invasion
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the use of force to conquer
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conquistador
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conqueror
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enslaved
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forcing people into slavery
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Armada
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a fleet of ships
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plantations
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large farms
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Columbian Exchange
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the name used to describe the peoples, plants, and animals that crossed the Atlantic Ocean after Columbus' first trip to the Americas
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ambush
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attack by surprise
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legend
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a story handed down from earlier times
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rebel
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resisted authority
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slavery
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a cruel system in which people worked without pay and had no freedom
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circumnavigate
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sail around the world
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privateer
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the captain of an armed, privately owned ship, hired by a government to attack enemy ships
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immunity
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resistance to disease
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epidemic
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the spread of disease among many people
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