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Exploration Terms
Age of Exploration
Term | Definition |
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Astrolabe | A device used to determine location based on the position of the stars |
Caravel | Portuguese ships that used triangular sails to sail against the wind |
Circumnavigate | to travel all the way around the globe |
Columbian Exchange | The transfer of plants and animals between the Americas and Asia, Africa and Europe |
Conquistadors | Spanish soldiers who led military expeditions (Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro) |
Plantation | Large farms that grew just one kind of crop and made huge profits for their owners |
Northwest Passage | A non-existent path through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
Middle Passage | The voyage across the Atlantic that enslaved Africans were forced to endure |