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Chapter 2 The Age of Exploration

Chapter 2 The Age of Exploration. Merchant. People who buy and sell goods. navigation. The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land. astrolabe. A navigation tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon. technology.

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Chapter 2 The Age of Exploration

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  1. Chapter 2The Age of Exploration

  2. Merchant • People who buy and sell goods

  3. navigation • The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land

  4. astrolabe • A navigation tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon

  5. technology • The use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that help improve lives

  6. caravel • a ship Portuguese shipbuilders invented to sail

  7. trading posts • Forts that were set up with stores and small settlements where goods could be bought and sold

  8. slave trade • When people were bought and sold as property

  9. patron • A person who gives financial support to another person or cause

  10. conquistadors • A group of Spanish soldiers

  11. expedition • An organized journey

  12. empire • A group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader

  13. circumnavigate • To sail completely around the world

  14. Colony • A settlement or area far from the country that rules/owns it

  15. Columbian Exchange • The movement of people/slaves, animals, plants, cultures, and even disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres

  16. epidemic • An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people

  17. devastation • Great harm

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