5th Grade-Chapter 4-Explorers Come to the Americas
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
navigation | ![]() the science of plotting and controlling the course of a ship |
enslaved | forced into slavery |
slavery | a system in which people worked without pay and had no freedom |
circumnavigate | to sail around |
conquistador | Spanish for conqueror |
rebel | to resist authority |
legend | a story handed down from earlier times |
ambush | to attack by surprise |
privateer | the captain of an armed shihp hired by a government to attack enemy ships |
invasion | conquering by force |
armada | Spanish for fleet |
Northwest Passage | a waterway that could be used as a route to Asia |
settlement | a new community |
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