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17 Cards in this Set
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legend
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a story handed down from earlier times, told over and over again by many generations of people
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epidemic
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an outbreak of disease that makes many people sick at once
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immunity
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the ability to resist getting sick from a disease
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privateer
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the captain of an armed , privately owned ship, who the government has given permission to attack enemy ships (2) any private ship operated by such a person
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ambush
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to attack by surprise from a hiding place
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invasion
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the entrance of an armed force into another country in order to conquer it
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Columbian Exchange
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the transfer of people plants and animals across the Atlantic Ocean after Columbus's first trip to the Americas
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settlement
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a small community of people in a frontier region
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plantation
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a large farm where crops are grown and the people who tend it live on the land
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Northwest Passage
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a water route through North America that would allow Europeans to sail west to Asia
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conquistdor
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Spanish word for conqueror
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armada
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a large number of warships acting together like an army; a fleet
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navigation
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the science of plotting and controlling the course of a ship
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circumnavigate
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to sail around the world
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enslaved
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when someone has been forced into a system where he or she works for no play and can be bought and sold as property
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slavery
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a system in which people could be bought and sold and forced to work with no pay
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rebel
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to fight against people in power, particularly a government, to resist authority
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