Chapter 4: Two Worlds Meet

encounter

A brief or an unexpected meeting

Amerigo Vespucci

A mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.

barter

Exchange goods without involving money; trade

Native Americans got sick and died.

They had never been around diseases and had no way to protect themselves.

The Age of Exploration

Time period when Europeans searched for new resources and for easier trade routes to China and India. Resulted in the discovery of North and South America by the Europeans.

voyage

a long journey by sea or in space

colony

a settlement run by a country far away

protest

a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

permanent

lasting or expected to last for a long time

The New World

the place where Columbus and other explorers landed during their journey where Native Americans were living is called

Fur Trade

the trading of goods for animal skins such as beavers

govern

to be in charge of; to control or rule