Chapter 3 Vocabulary

Question 1

New world

Answer 1

The European name for lands in the Western Hemisphere, including North and South America. The Americas were a “new” world for the Europeans, but not the native people who already lived there.

Question 2

Age of Exploration

Answer 2

A time in history when people from Europe traveled to unfamiliar places such as Africa and the Americas, in order to learn about them to make maps of them. The Age of Exploration began in the late 1400s and continued through the late 1500s.

Question 3

Archeologists

Answer 3

Scientist who study human artifacts to learn about past culture.

Question 4

Ore

Answer 4

Rock or Earth from which metal can be taken.

Question 5

Cash crop

Answer 5

A crop that is grown in large quantities for sale to other people

Question 6

Explorer

Answer 6

People who travel to new and unfamiliar places in order to learn what these places are like describe them with words ,pictures, and maps