Chapter 2 History Vocabulary “Age of Exploration”

A person who buys and sells goods for profit.

• Merchant

• Empire

• Patron

• Trade of enslaved people

A large farm on which a single crop is usually grown.

• Empire

• Colony

• Plantation

• Caravel

- A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors in North or South America in the 1500s.

• Empire

• Conquistador

• Patron

• Merchant

The process of planning a route or finding one’s location.

• Navigation

• Expedition

• Astrolabe

• Caravel

An instrument used in navigation that measures the sun and stars.

• Compass

• Navigation

• Astrolabe

• caravel

A small, fast selling ship.

• Caravel

• Titantic

• Astrolabe

• Sail boat

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

• Conquistador

• Trade of enslaved people

• Colony

• Columbian Exchange

A journey or Voyage

• Empire

• Epidemic

• Expedition

• Columbian Exchange

A country or area under the control of another country.

• Empire

• Plantation

• Navigation

• Colony

A large group of states or countries.

• Empire

• Plantation

• Colony

• Plantation