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| Navigation | The science of palnning and controlling the direction of a ship. |
| enslaved | When someone has been forced into a system where he or she works for no pay and can be bought or sold as property. |
| conquistador | A Spanish soldier in the 16th century who helped conquer the native civilizations of Central and South America. |
| Legend | a strory that is told over and over again by many generations of people. |
| Columbian Exchange | The transfer of peoples, plants, and animals across the Atlantic Ocean after Columbus's first trip to the Americas. |
| Plantation | A large farm where crops are grown and the people who tend it live on the land. |
| Epidemic | An outbreak of disease that makes many people sick at once. |
| Invasion | The entrance of an armed force into another country in order to conquer it. |
| Northwest Passage | A water route through North America that would allow Europeans to sail west to Asia. |
| Settlement | A small community of people in a frontier region. |
