Chapter 4 vocabulary

Question 1

New world

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Age of Exploration

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Explorer

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Archeologists

Answer 4

Scientists who study human artifacts to learn about pass cultures.

Question 5

Ore

Answer 5

Rock on earth from which metal can be taken.

Question 6

Cash cop

Answer 6

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