UNIT 2
Merchant
People who buy or sell goods.
Examine
To inspect or look carefully.
Epidemic
Is an outbreak of a disease that spread quickly and affects many people.
Distinct
Different
Nomad
People who move within a specific region to follow herds of animals and collect food.
Slave Trade
Enslavers who bought and sold humans has property.
Patron
Gives money to support another person or a cause.
Demolish
To destroy
Migrate
To move
Agriculture
Is the practice of planting and raising food.
Navigation
Is the process sailors use to plan their course and the location far from land.
Expedition
An organized journey
Columbian Exchange
It was a movement of people,animals, plants, and cultures between the eastern and western hemispheres
Hunter-gatherer
Travel from place to place in search of animals to hunt fish meat and nuts.
Technology
The use of scientific knowledge or tools to do work.
Astrolabe
Was a tool that measured the height of the sun or a star above the horizon that helped sailors tell how far north or south of the equator they had sailed.
Empire
Is a group of nations or peoples ruled by a single group or a leader.
Plantation
Large estates run by an owner or the owner overseer.
Geography
Land and bodies of water of a place.
Irrigation
Bringing water from nearby rivers to bring to dry crops
Caravel
A smaller and lighter ship than other ships with triangular sails to better control the wind,and wooden decks without gaps and with water proofed wood.
Colony
Is a settlement or area far from the country that rules it.
Enormous
Very large or great in size.
Climate
The weather in a place over time
Civilization
Organized systems of government,religion and learning.