Age of Exploration Vocab

Caravel

• to sail or fly around the earth

  
  

• a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.

  
  

• the exchange of plants, animals and ideas between the New World (Americas) and the Old World.

  
  

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there

  
  

Circumnavigate

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there

  
  

• a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.

  
  

• to sail or fly around the earth

  
  

• one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

  
  

Colony

• Economic system in which a country uses its colony to gain raw materials. 

  
  

• Definition: an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

  
  

• to rule over

  
  

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there

  
  

Columbian Exchange

• the exchange of plants, animals and ideas between the New World (Americas) and the Old World.

  
  

• object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road

  
  

• Economic system in which a country uses its colony to gain raw materials. 

  
  

• one who pays or finances an activity or event

  
  

Conquistador

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there

  
  

• one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

  
  

• object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road

  
  

• Economic system in which a country uses its colony to gain raw materials. 

  
  

Dominate

• object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road

  
  

• Economic system in which a country uses its colony to gain raw materials. 

  
  

• one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

  
  

• to rule over

Landmark

• an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

  
  

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there

  
  

• object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road

  
  

• one who pays or finances an activity or event

  
  

Mercantilism

• one who pays or finances an activity or event

  
  

• Economic system in which a country uses its colony to gain raw materials. 

  
  

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there

  
  

• the exchange of plants, animals and ideas between the New World (Americas) and the Old World.

  
  

Mutiny

• to sail or fly around the earth

  
  

• a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, usually lateen-rigged on two or three masts.

  
  

• one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

  
  

• an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

  
  

Sponsor

• one who pays or finances an activity or event

• object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road

• the exchange of plants, animals and ideas between the New World (Americas) and the Old World.

  
  

• a country or territory claimed and forcibly taken control of by a foreign power which sends its own people to settle there