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| an ancient Greek device that could be used to find altitude |
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| invented by the Chinese, and it helped navigators find magnetic north |
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| an early type of Portuguese ship, and it enabled the Europeans to begin exploring the world |
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| the science of map making |
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| the idea that a country gains power by compiling a large supply of gold and silver, and by doing this, mercantilists believed the way to do this is to export more goods than you import |
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| a settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by their home country |
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| the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances |
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| to put money into a project |
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| a system in which people, rather than governments, own property and make goods |
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| the global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that began after Christopher Columbus' voyages |
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| English trading empire in India |
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| Dutch trading empire in Indonesia |
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