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To go completely around
a) circumnavigate
b) Columbian Exchange
c) conquistador
d) Ecosystem

The movement of people, animals, plants, and technology between continents that resulted from exploring and colonizing of the Americas
a) Ecosystem
b) Mutiny
c) Missionary
d) Columbian Excange

A conqueror, especially one of the 16th century Spanish soldiers who defeated the Indian civilizations of Mexico, Central America, or Peru.
a) expedition
b) conquistador
c) mutiny
d) circumnavigate

A community of living things and their environment
a) missionary
b) ecosystem
c) entrepreneur
d) conquistador

A person who organizes and operates a business
a) entrepreneur
b) missionary
c) mutiny
d) sponsor

A journey, especially a difficult or dangerous one, made with lengthy planning and a clear goal
a) conquistador
b) missionary
c) reform
d) expedition

Someone sent to do religious or charitable work in a territory or foreign country
a) reform
b) mutiny
c) missionary
d) expedition

Rebellion against authority
a) mutiny
b) missionary
c) treaty
d) strait

The charting of a course
a) navigation
b) Northwest Passage
c) Oral tradition
d) Columbian Exchange

A northern water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
a) strait
b) treaty
c) Northwest Passage
d) Columbian Exchange

The passing along of a people's cultural history from one generation to the next by storytelling
a) Columbian Exchange
b) sponser
c) Northwest Passage
d) Oral tradition

The military operations by which Christian armies reclaimed control of Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages.
a) Reconquista
b) Columbian Exchange
c) treaty
d) reform

To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects
a) treaty
b) reform
c) missionary
d) mutiny

To pay for a project, event, or organization directed by another person or group
a) mutiny
b) sponsor
c) missionary
d) Northwest Passage

A narrow waterway joining two larger bodies of water
a) oral tradition
b) reconquista
c) strait
d) treaty

A formal written agreement between two or more nations
a) treaty
b) strait
c) sponsor
d) reform

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