Explorer Unit Test - Vocab

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Conquistadors

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A Spanish who took over new land in the Americas

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Explorers

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A person who is looking for something, an adventurer

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Northwest Passage

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A sailing route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through North America

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Colony

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A place owned by another person and forced to work without pay

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Plantation

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A large farm where slaves raised cash crops

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Slave

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A person owned by another person and forced to work without pay

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Columbian Exchange

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The exchange of goods between the Old World and the New World

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Middle Passage

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The trip the captured African slaves took to get to the New World

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Old World

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Europe, Asia, Africa (Eastern Hemisphere)

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New World

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North and South America (Western Hemisphere)