social studies Flashcards
what does age of exploration mean
the period of time beggining in the late 1400 Europeans explorers sought new routes to asia and discovered the americas
the americas
the land masses of nort america central america and south america
archeolegist
A scientist who studies artifacts to learn about the past
astroloby
an early scientific tool to observe and canculate the position at the sun and other stars
cash crop
a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale
explorer
A person who travels in search of new geographical infromation
new world
the name that eurapeans used to refer to the americas
northwest passage
a supposed route across the northern part of north America that eurapeans looking for but never found
colony
A comunity ruled by another country not by its own people
conquistador
A spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for spain
countagius disease
A sickness that can pass quickly for one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through air
East indies
Southeast,Asia,including India,idonesia and malaysia
