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Age Of Exploration

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Merchant

Someone who trades,sells,and buys things for money.
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Kingdom

A place being ruled by a king or queen.
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Caravan

A group that travels together.
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Compare
All of the explorers wanted to see if you could travel to Asia by going west.

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Contrast
Columbus didn't make it all the way around the world and Magellan died before he could make it around the world even though his crew did.

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Technology

Tools to do things better and faster.

Navigation

The science of planning and controlling the direction of an object.
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Astrolabe

A tool that measures the height of a star above the horizon.

Profit

The money a business has left over.
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Slavery

A cruel system when people are bought and sold to other people to work.

Settlement

A small community of people living in a new place.
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Epidemic

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

To sail completely around something.
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Expedition

A journey to achieve a goal.
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Conquistador

A Spanish word for conqueror.

Empire

Many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader.
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Big Ideas
Many Spanish explorers went to Mexico and America after other explorers brought back gold and other valuables so the other Spanish explorers thought that if they went they would get gold and other things too like the explorers before them.

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Big Ideas
The Spanish conquistadors took land land from many Native Americans, and claimed it for Spain.

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Big Ideas
The Spanish went to America and Mexico to look for gold.

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Colony

An area of land ruled by another country.

Mission

A religious community where priests taught Christianity.
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Hacienda

A large farm or ranch, often with its own village and church.
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Convert

To change a religion or belief.
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Revolt

Is a violent uprising against a ruler.

Big Ideas

  • Conquistadors did not find much gold in North America.
  • The Spanish brought enslaved Africans, to replace the thousands of dead American Indians.
  • A Spanish priest wanted to protect all of the Indians, so he convicted the Spanish King to make a law to protect them, but they got ignored and still mistreated the Indians.
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