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Chapter 10 vocab
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7th Grade
05/17/2012

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asrolabe
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a device used to find latitude at sea
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compass
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a device used to find direction when traveling
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caravel
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an early type of Portugguese ship
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cartography
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the science of map making
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mercantilism
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the idea that a country gains power by building up its supply of gold and silver. You export more and export less.
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export
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to sell to another country
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import
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to buy from another country
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colony
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settlements in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland
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commerce
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the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances
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invest
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to put money into a project
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capitalism
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a system in which people, rather than governments,own property and make goods
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Columbian Exchange
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the global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that began after Christopher Columbus' voyages
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pampas
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grassy plains
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East India Company
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English trading empire in India
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Dutch East India Company
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Dutch trading empire in Indonesia
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