Age of Exploration Vocabulary

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Age of Exploration

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When Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for easier trade routes to China and India.

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Conquistadors

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Spanish soldiers who conquered people in other lands

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Circumnavigate

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To go completely around the world

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Raw Materials

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The basic material from which a product is made (i.e. lumber, sugar, cotton...)

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Manufactured Goods

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Products created from the conversion of raw materials into consumable or useful products (i.e. furniture, cloth...)

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Columbian Exchange

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Contact between Europeans and Native peoples that led to the exchange of plants, animals, and disease

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Cash Crops

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Crops grown in large amounts to be sold for profit

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Mercantilism

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An economic policy. Nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

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Export

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To sell goods to another country

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Import

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To buy goods from another country