My World Chapter 2

A merchant is a ____________________________.

• a ruler
• a person who buys and sells goods
• a law
• a written request for rights or benefits

An instrument used for navigation __________________________

• annex
• telescope
• rudder
• astrolabe

Technology is __________________.

• A barrier of troops or ships 
• An undeveloped region on the edge of settled territory
• The use of scientific knowledge or new tools to improve how things are done 
• The crime of betraying one's country

A small, fast sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400's is a ______________________.

• compass rose
• caravel
• empire
• debt

A trading post is a ____________________________.

• outbreak of disease affecting many people at once
• showing much variety
• store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place
• tax on imports

A settlement far away from the country that rules it is a ________________.

• colony
• council
• class
• climate

An organized group of people taking a journey for a purpose is a ___________________________.

• debt
• nomad
• expedition
• communist

An epidemic is ______________________________.

• An outbreak of disease affecting many people at the same time. 
• A government in which citizens have the power to make political decisions. 
• A rough model or dummy of a person
• A severe shortage of food

Great harm

• culture
• devastation
• import
• interest

The movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western hemispheres is ___________________.

• Columbian Exchange
• Confederacy 
• Continental Army
• Federalism