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| 259642831 | Astrolabe | an astronomical instrument used to measure the altitude of the sun and the stars above the horizon | 0 | |
| 259642832 | Audiencias | Latin American advisory group that also functioned as supreme judicial bodies | 1 | |
| 259642833 | Bantu | a large African language group of peoples who were mainly farmers | 2 | |
| 259642834 | Batik | southeast Asian technique for decorating textiles | 3 | |
| 259642835 | Caravel | type of wooden sailing ship that made long range exploration possible in the fifteenth century; they were known for maneuverability, speed and lateen sails along with great carrying capacity | 4 | |
| 259642836 | Colombian Exchange | European expansion into the Americas that initiated the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases | 5 | |
| 259642837 | Conquistadors | "conquerors", leaders in the Spanish conquests in the Americas, especially Mexico and Peru, in the Sixteenth Century | 6 | |
| 259642838 | Encomienda | system used by the Spanish to conquer and settle the New World; it permitted conquering Spaniards to collect tribute from the natives and use them as slaves | 7 | |
| 259642839 | Entrepreneur | one who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk in a business venture in the expectation of making a profit | 8 | |
| 259642840 | Lateen Sails | triangular sails, spread from Islamic world to the European, combined with the square rig | 9 | |
| 259642841 | Maniac | a tuber plant native to the New World that is used in the manufacture of tapioca | 10 | |
| 259642842 | Mercantilism | an economic theory that held that a nation's prosperity depended on its supply of gold and silver and that the total volume of trade is unchangeable; therefore, advocated that the government play an active role in the economy by encouraging exports and discouraging imports, especially through the use of tariffs | 11 | |
| 259642843 | Middle Passages | arduous journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas, up to a third of the slaves died | 12 | |
| 259642844 | Portolani | detailed charts made by medieval navigators and mathematicians in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; they were drawn on a flat scale and didn't take into account the curvarture of the earth | 13 | |
| 259642845 | Shari'a | Islamic law code | 14 | |
| 259642846 | Theravada | sect of Buddhism that emphasizes the original teachings of Buddha; considers Buddhism a way of life not a salvationist creed; means the teachings of the elders | 15 | |
| 259642847 | Ulama | Muslim community of scholars | 16 |
