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2023 WH2 Vocab #3

Age of Exploration & Scientific Revolution

TermDefinition
Innovation a new idea, method or device
natural resources raw materials available in a given location or region
navigational arts the study of and technology needed to steer a ship
migration movement of people from one climate or region to another
emigration leaving a country to live elsewhere
cash crop a crop that is raised for profit rather than use by the producer
Columbian Exchange exchange of goods and services between the Old & New Worlds during the Age of Exploration
Circumnavigate to sail around the world
Plantation system the granting of lands in the New World to settlers who produced cash crops using slave labor
Slavery system in which people are held in servitude or as property
smallpox contagious, viral disease brought to the New World by Europeans & resulting in the death of a large number of Native Americans
international trade exchange between nations
precious metal valuable, natural resources such as gold, silver, copper, etc.
triangular trade pattern of trade between the Americas, Africa & Europe
systematic observation method of quantitative data collection that involves one or more observers, observing events, or behaviors, as they occur, and reliably recording
Heliocentric theory the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the universe
religious conversion the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others
indigenous inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times before the arrival of colonists
decimation the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species
diffusion the spread of ideas, languages, and technologies from one area to another.
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