Lesson 1 Vocabulary
People who buy and sell goods.
Merchant
Gives money to support another person or cause.
patron
A movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Columbian Exchange
getting, transporting, and selling human beings.
Trading of enslaved people
Spanish conquerors of the Americas in the 1500ś.
Conquistador
Large estates run by an owner or owners (large farms on which crops are grown)
Plantation
The process used to plan a course and find a location far from land.
Navigation
A journey or voyage.
expedition
Lesson 2- widespread disease.
epidemic
A navigational instrument that measures the height of the sun and stars.
astrolabe
A large group of states or countries.
Empire
very big (academic vocabulary)
Enormous
Caravel
a small, fast sailing ship.
A country or area under the control of another country.
Colony
Different (academic vocab)
Distinct