Explorers

Explorers Vocabulary

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Explorers from northern Europe that sailed to North America over 1000 years ago

• merchant

• vikings

• astrolabe

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a cruel system where people are bought and sold and made to work without pay

• navigation

• Columbian Exchange

• slavery

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the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the eastern and western hemispheres

• political

• exchange

• The Columbian exchange

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to travel in an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it

• technology

• exploration

• navigation

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relating to the government

• profit

• political

• merchant

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someone who buys and sells goods to make money

• merchant

• profit

• Vikings

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trading objects or ideas

• merchant

• encounter

• exchange

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an unexpected meeting between people

• astrolabe

• exploration

• encounter

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the money a business has left over after all expenses have been paid

• exchange

• merchant

• profit

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a tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon

• navigation

• astrolabe

• technology

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the use of knowledge and tools to do things better and more quickly

• technology

• political

• encounter

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the science of planning and controlling the direction of the ship

• slavery

• exploration

• navigation