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Ch.10 Vocab
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Social Studies
7th Grade
05/14/2012

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astrolabe
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could be used to find latitude
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compass
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helped navigators find magnetic north
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caravel
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an early type of Portuguese ship
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cartography
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the science of map making
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mercantilism
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is the idea that a country gains power by compiling a large supply of gold and silver
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export
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to sell to other countries
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import
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to buy from other countries
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colony
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is a settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by their home country
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commerce
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is the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances
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invest
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put money into a project
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capitalism
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is the system in which people, rather than governments, own property and make goods
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Columbian Exchange
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the global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that began after Christopher Columbus' voyages
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pampas
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grassy plains
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East India Company
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English trading empire in India
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Dutch East India Company
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Dutch trading empire in Indonesia
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