Disruption - To break an established way of doing things., Diminish - To become less., Maneuvers - To steer., Sponsor - A person or organization that contributes to a project or activity by paying for it., Voyages - A long journey involving traveling., Imperialism - A policy on the part of a ruler or one government of one territory, Durable - Long-lasting., Scurvy - A disease resulting from lack of vitamin C that causes internal bleeding, Settlement - A place where people permanently live., Colony - A region claimed and governed by a country, Tuberculosis - A contagious disease that mostly attacks the lungs., Immunity - The ability of the body to fight off infections., Smallpox - A disease that causes the skin to break out, accompanied by a high fever., Savages - A word Champlain and other Europeans used to describe Indigenous peoples because they unjustly regarded them as primitive and uncivilized., Human Rights - Rights that are believed to belong to every person., Sieur De Monts - A French nobleman who sponsored expeditions to North America, Universal - True or applicable in every circumstance, Ethnocentrism - Means to consider your own culture superior to other cultures., Ethnicity - The fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural traditions., Exploration - The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it., Expedition - a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose, Assimilation -   the process of becoming similar to something, Cultural genocide - The deliberate and systematic killing of a culture, Discrimination - The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex., Systemic Racism - is as a feeling of bias, scorn or disgust at people of other races in general, or one in particular. It is a private malice, a personal, internal, subjective, psychological phenomenon., Alienation from the land - The term refers historically to the appropriation of customary land by European colonial powers, Heathens - Indigenous people who were not Christians were called this name, Prejudice - preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience., Propaganda - information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.,

Exploration and Imperialism Vocabulary

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