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| conquistador | Spanish conqueror who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century. |
| christopher columbus | Discovered America for Spain in 1492 |
| circumnavigate | to sail all the way around the world. |
| columbian exchange | the global exchange of goods and ideas after columbus made his first transatlantic voyage. |
| domesticate | to tame or train animals and cultivate crops |
| mercantlism | economic policy under which a nation accumulates great wealth by exporting more goods than it imports. |
| middle passage | the forced transport of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas |
| treaty of tordesillas | divided the western hemisphere between spain and portugal |
| astrolabe | instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring the distances of the sun, moon, and stars' altitudes. |
| The renaissance | period in European history lasting from 14th to the 16th century that ushered in a more secular age and encouraged freedom of tought, the importance of the individual, and renewed interest in the classics |
| salutary neglect | the British policy in the early 1700s which allowed the colonies virtual self rule as long as Great Britain was gaining economically |
| sextant | instrument used for tracking the altitude of the sun and moon in navigation. |
