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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration. Unit 2 Vocabulary. Explorer. one that explores a geographic area. Columbian Exchange. Exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas. Slavery. The treatment of people as property for the purpose of forcing them to do labor. Conquistadors.

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Age of Exploration

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  1. Age of Exploration Unit 2 Vocabulary

  2. Explorer one that explores a geographic area.

  3. Columbian Exchange Exchange of goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas

  4. Slavery The treatment of people as property for the purpose of forcing them to do labor.

  5. Conquistadors Spanish soldier-explorers

  6. colony A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land

  7. Borderlands land located on or near a frontier or boundary

  8. Seven Cities of Cibola Legend there are seven cities fabulously rich with streets and houses decorated with gold and jewels somewhere in North America

  9. missionaries People who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion

  10. trappers Adventurers who capture and kill animals—such as bear, rabbit etc… for fur

  11. Lost Colony of Roanoke Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and Indians welcomed them—however ran out of food and supplies—colony disappeared. Remains a mystery!

  12. Starving Time In 1609, the winter was the worst ever—only 60 of 500 people survived.

  13. theocracy Society ruled by religious leaders

  14. hieroglyphics Symbols and pictures to represent things, ideas, and sounds

  15. Line of Demarcation An imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to South Pole

  16. circumnavigate Sail around the world

  17. tribute The obligation to make such a payment.

  18. pueblos A permanent village or community of any of the Pueblo peoples

  19. missions Religious communities

  20. presidio Spanish fort in America built to protect mission settlements

  21. plantation Large estate

  22. mercantilism Economy theory— a nation’s power was based on wealth

  23. Northwest Passage Direct water route through the Americas

  24. Coureurs de bois Trappers – ”runners of the woods”

  25. drought Long periods of little rainfall—crops dried up

  26. Caravel Small, fast ship with a broad bow

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