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| caravel | a small, fast ship with special sails that enabled it to sail into the wind and to travel in rough seas |
| astrolabe | a tool once used by sailors to figure out where they were by using the stars in the sky |
| convert | to change someone's beliefs to agree with yours |
| claim | to say that something belongs to you |
| expedition | a journey made for a special reason |
| colony | a settlement ruled by another country |
| conquistador | Spanish for "conqueror"; an explorer, and soldier |
| slave | a person owned by another person and forced to work for no pay |
| resist | to act against |
| raid | a surprise |
| presidio | a fort |
| permanent | lasting |
| sea dog | a commander of English warships |
| coquina | a soft yellow limestone that forms when coral and broken shells are pressed together underground |
| quarry | an open mine |
| moat | a deep ditch usually filled with water that surrounds a fort or castle |
| governor | the leader of a colony or state |
| service | something that someone doess for others for pay |
| import | a good brought into one country or place from another, often to be sold |
| export | a good shipped from one country or place to another, usually to be sold |
| mission | a religious settlement |
| miltia | a military unit |
| camino real | Spanish for "royal road"; a well-traveled road that connected the Spanish missions in Florida |
| missionary | a person who teaches his or her religion to others |
| timeline | a diagram that shows some of the important events that took place during a certain period of time |
| decade | a period of 10 years |
| century | a period of 100 years |
| millenium | a period of 1,000 years |
