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Age of Exploration

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European exploration

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Age of Exploration

the period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas

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astrolabe

an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars

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cash crop

a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale

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explorer

a person who travels in search of new geographical information

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the Americas

the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America

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colony

a community ruled by another country, not by its own people

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conquistador

a Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain

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contagious disease

a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air

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East Indies

a term used mostly in the past for Southeast Asia, including modern-day India, Indonesia, and Malaysia

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Northwest Passage

the supposed route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found

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