chapter 2 the age of exploration
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 2The Age of Exploration
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MerchantPeople who buy and sell goods
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navigationThe process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land
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astrolabeA navigation tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon
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technologyThe use of scientific knowledge and new ideas to create practical tools that help improve lives
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caravela ship Portuguese shipbuilders invented to sail
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trading postsForts that were set up with stores and small settlements where goods could be bought and sold
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slave tradeWhen people were bought and sold as property
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patronA person who gives financial support to another person or cause
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conquistadorsA group of Spanish soldiers
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expeditionAn organized journey
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empireA group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader
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circumnavigateTo sail completely around the world
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ColonyA settlement or area far from the country that rules/owns it
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Columbian ExchangeThe movement
of people/slaves, animals, plants, cultures, and even disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres
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epidemicAn outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people
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devastationGreat harm