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globe

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model of the Earth

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armada

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fleet of warships

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commission

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to appoint a person or group do something

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Christopher Columbus

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a Portuguese explorer who sailed for Spain in hopes of finding an all-water route to the Indies but instead explored the West Indies;

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Jacques Cartier

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a French explorer who also searched for a Northwest Passage to the Far East; explored the St. Lawrence River in Canada

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Ferdinand Magellan

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a Portuguese captain commissioned to sail in search of the Far East

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empire

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a large amount of territory under one ruler

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colony

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group of people living in a new area under the rule of their native land

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compass

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device used to show direction

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political

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relating to government or the way it runs

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conquer

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to gain something by force; defeat

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charter

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written agreement granting power in the name of a state or country

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John White

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formed a colony in Roanoke, North Carolina which disappeared and later came to be called the Lost Colony

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Amerigo Vespucci

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an Italian who made several voyages to explore the northeastern coast of what is now South America

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mainland

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main part of a continent

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loot

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to take or damage things by use of force

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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an Englishman, half brother to Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who received the charter to form a new colony in the New World following Gilbert's death during his second attempt; Raleigh sponsored three expeditions to the New World between 1584 and 1587 to set up a new colony to be known later as Roanoke

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Sir Francis Drake

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English explorer who sailed to the New World and then around the tip of South America, traveled up the Pacific coast as far north as present-day Washington State, and then across the Pacific and back to England between 1577 and 1580;

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slavery

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forcing a person or group to work without pay or rights

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Hernando Cortes

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a Spanish explorer who landed on the coast of what is now Mexico in search of silver and gold; two years later his army defeated the Aztec king, Montezuma, and captured the Aztec empire in central Mexico

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Francisco Pizarro

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a man who sailed with Balboa; he heard about the rich empire of the Incas and became determined to conquer the Inca rulers and take their land and riches for Spain

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John Cabot

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an Italian who sailed for England and explored Newfoundland and the northeastern and eastern coasts of North America

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expedition

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journey made by a person or group for a certain purpose

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Giovanni da Verrazano

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an French explorer who set sail from France in 1524 looking for a northern route or Northwest Passage to the Far East; he explored the coastal area from what is now North Carolina to Newfoundland

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noble

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someone who is part of a society's upper of ruling class

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Vasco Nunez de Balboa

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a Spanish explorer who led his men in search of gold and silver in the New World; he and his men were the first Europeans to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore

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territory

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land belonging to a country or government

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7 continents

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North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Austrailia, Antarctica

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continent

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one of the seven largest land masses on Earth

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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a Spanish explorer who was one of the first to go to the New World after Columbus; in 1513 he led a group in search of gold and the "Fountain of Youth," reaching the southeastern tip of the mainland of North America, and naming the land Florida, the Spanish world for flower, because of the beautiful flowers and trees he found there

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voyage

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the act of traveling, especially by sea

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merchant

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buyer and seller of goods

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publish

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to print something, such s a book, newspaper, or magazine

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4 oceans

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Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian

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Sir Humphrey Gilbert

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the first English recipient of a charter from the Queen of England to form a colony in the New World

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monarch

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person who rules a kingdom or territory