7th Grade - Chapter 10 - The Age of Exploration
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mmatthiasfairmont on April 22, 2012
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history, exploration, 7th grade
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7th Grade - Ch 10 - Age of Exploration
Classes:
Ms. Hartmann's Class, 7th Grade History
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vasco de Gama | Portuguese explorer that rounded the tip of Africa, raced across the Indian Ocean, and landed on India's coast - he located a water route to East Asia |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator who traveled to the West Indies under the sponsorship of Spain |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Spanish navigator who sailed south from America and rounded the tip of the South American continent |
| John Cabot | English ship commander who encountered the island of Newfoundland and traveled along the coast of Canana |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer who traveled up the Saint Lawrence River (Canada) |
| astrolabe | device used to find latitude at sea |
| compass | a device used to find direction when traveling |
| caravel | an early type of Portuguese ship |
| cartography | the science of map making |
| Strait of Magellan | sea route around the southern tip of South America |
| mercantilism | the idea that a country gains power by building up its supply of gold and silver |
| export | to sell to another country |
| import | to buy from another country |
| colony | settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland |
| commerce | the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances |
| invest | to put money into a project |
| capitalism | a system in which people, rather than governments, own property and make goods |
| Moluccas | the Spice Islands of south east Asia |
| Columbian Exchange | the global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that began after Christopher Columbus' voyages |
| pampas | grassy plains |
| East India Company | English trading empire in India |
| Dutch East India Company | Dutch trading empire in Indonesia |
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