Age of Exploration Vocab

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Leader of the Spanish conquest of the Americas

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Conquistador

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Navigate completely around something, usually the world

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Circumnavigate

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Term for the area known to Europeans before the Age of Exploration

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Old World

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Area unknown to Europeans before the Age of Exploration

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New World

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Economic & political system where countries export more than they import; $ = power.

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Mercantilism

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Process of a larger country establishing control over a new area

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Colonization

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Area under political/economic control of another country

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Colony

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Country making colonies

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Mother Country

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A resource brought in from another country

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Import

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A good/resource sold and shipped to another country

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Export