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16 Cards in this Set
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Merchant |
A person who buys and sells goods. |
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Navigation |
The process of charting a course for a ship or an aircraft. |
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Astorable |
An instrument used in navigation. |
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Technology |
The use of scientific knowledge or tools to improve how things are done. |
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Caravel |
A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400s. |
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Trading post |
A store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place. |
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Slave trade |
To capture, enslavement, buying, and selling of people for profit. |
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Patron |
A person who supports the work of another person or organization,often with money. |
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Conquistador |
A conqueror. |
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Expedition |
An organized group of people taking a journey for a purpose. |
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Empire |
A group of nations peoples rule by a single authority. |
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Circumnavigate |
To travel completely around. |
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colony |
A settlement far away from a country that rules it. |
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Columbian Exchange |
The movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western Hemisphere. |
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Epidemic |
An outbreak of disease affecting many people at the same time. |
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Devastation |
Great harm. |
