Exploration and Colonization Vocab

Front

Using scientific knowledge to solve an advanced problem

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Technology

Front

Tool for determining a vessel's direction

Back

Compass

Front

A narrow passage connecting 2 major water bodies

Back

strait

Front

To travel around the world

Back

circumnavigate

Front

1500s Spanish explorer and conqueror

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Conquistador

Front

People resistant to infections or disease have __________

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Immunity

Front

1600s movement rejecting Catholic ideas, leading to Protestantism.

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Reformation

Front

Form of Christianity from the Reformation

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Protestantism

Front

A fleet of war ships

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Armada

Front

A sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific along North America's north coast.

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Northwest Passage