Social Studies Ch 2 Vocabulary Quiz

Spanish conquerors of the Americas

• Conquistadors
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

A person who gives money to support another person or cause

• Patron
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

A tool from North Africa that measured the height of the Sun or a star above the horizon.

• Astrolabe
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

A smaller and lighter ship that Portuguese shipbuilders had turned to.

• Caravel
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

The process sailors use to plan their course and find their location far from land

• Navigation
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Astrolabe

Large properties of land where the Spanish forced Native Americans to work in a field.

• Plantation
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

A movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Western and Eastern hemispheres.

• Columbus Exchange
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

A settlement or area far from the country that rules it

• Colony
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people.

• Epidemic
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation

An organized journey

• Expedition
• Merchant
• Inspect
• Trade of enslaved people
• Navigation