Social study:Exploration Vocab

Caravel

large ship with many sails
Lateen sail

Triangular sails that push a ship into wind
Mutiny

Rebellion
Epidemic

A quick spreading illness
Viceroy

Governors
Navigator

someone who directs the expedition
Demarcation

a line of division
Conquistador

Spanish explorers and conquerors
Astrolabe

a tool that tells you latitude line
Mestizzo-race

White+Indian=hispanic
Cartographer

map maker
Identured servants

People who worked for certain amount of years to pay off a debt
Monopoly

When a business has complete control of a product
Circumnavigate

to go all the way around
Encomienda

a reward of land to spanish conquistadors
Mulatto-race

White+black=mixed
Plantation

A large farm, included owner's house, slaves quarters
Compass

A tool to tell direction

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Social study:Exploration Vocab

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2011-03-23T21:53:36Z

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