Chapter 2 lesson 1 vocab Flashcards
1
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merchant
A
a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade
2
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slave trade
A
the procuring, transporting, and selling of human beings as slaves, in particular the former trade in black Africans as slaves by European countries and North America
3
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navigation
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the process or activity of accurately ascertaining one’s position and planning and following a route.
“Columbus corrected his westward course by celestial navigation”
4
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astrolabe
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an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements,
5
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caravel
A
a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries
