Exploration and Navigation Terms

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A device that is used to find direction by means of a needle that always points north

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Magnetic compass

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An instrument that uses the positions of the stars to plan a course

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Astrolabe

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Sail around the world

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Circumnavigate

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The first explorer to circumnavigate

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Christopher Columbus

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A small, fast Portuguese ship used during the age of exploration, usually having three sails

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Caravel

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Spanish explorers

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Conquistadors

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Global trade of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that occurred during the 1600s

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Columbian Exchange

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The first European explorer to reach the Americas during the Age of Exploration

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Christopher Columbus

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An economic system focused on increasing a nation's wealth through trade and colonization

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Mercantilism

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Spanish colonial territory in the Americas, centered in present-day Mexico

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New Spain