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Ch. 2 Social Studies Vocabulary

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Review Chapter 2 social studies terms: Columbian exchange, slave trade, conquistador, caravel, colony, navigation, trading posts and circumnavigate.

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Horizontal Words

  1. A person who buys and sells goods (8)
  2. The movement of people, plants, & cultures between the East/West Hemispheres (18)
  3. A conqueror (12)
  4. A small, fast sailing sailing ship created by the Portuguese in the 1400's (7)
  5. A person who supports the work of another person or organization, often with $ (6)
  6. A store set up in a distant place to allow trade to take place. (13)
  7. A group of nations or peoples ruled by a single authority (6)
  8. An instrument used in navigation (9)

Vertical Words

  1. The capture, enslavement, buying and selling of people for profit. (11)
  2. The use of scientific knowledge or new tools to improve how things are done (10)
  3. A settlement far away from the country that rules it (6)
  4. The process of charting a course for a ship or an aircraft (10)
  5. To travel completely around the world (14)
  6. An organized group of people taking a journey for a purpose. (10)
  7. An outbreak of disease affecting many people at the same time (8)
  8. Great harm (11)
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