Chapter 2 Vocabulary: Age of Exploration

A person who buys and sells goods for profit

• merchant
• slave trade
• navigation
• astrolabe
• caravel

An instrument used in navigation that measures the sun and stars

• merchant
• slave trade
• navigation
• astrolabe
• caravel

Getting, transporting, and selling human beings as slaves

• merchant
• slave trade
• navigation
• astrolabe
• caravel

The process of planning a route and finding one's location

• merchant
• slave trade
• navigation
• astrolabe
• caravel

A small, fast sailing ship

• merchant
• slave trade
• navigation
• astrolabe
• caravel

A country or area under the control of another country

• colony
• patron
• conquistador
• expedition
• empire

A large farm on which a single crop is usually grown

• plantation
• patron
• conquistador
• expedition
• empire

A large group of states or countries

• empire
• patron
• conquistador
• expedition
• colony

A person who supports another financially

• patron
• conquistador
• expedition
• empire
• colony

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

• Columbian Exchange
• patron
• conquistador
• expedition
• empire