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Age of Exploration
Term | Definition |
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circumnavigate | to sail completely around the world |
Columbian | of or related to Christopher Columbus |
exchange | the act of obtaining a desired object from someone by offering something in return |
import | to bring things into one place from another |
native | indigenous; where someone is born and raised |
European | a person who is a citizen of a country in Europe |
explorer | a person who travels to a new land or area |
route | a way to get from one place to another |
American Indians | first people who lived in North America |
Old World | Europe, Asia, Africa |
New World | North & South America |
gold | a very valuable metal |
glory | great honor or praise |
colony | a group of people who settle in a place but keep ties to their homeland |
colonization | building colonies to set up control in the New World |
Exploration | to travel for the purpose of discovery |