Age of Exploration Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. A Roadway that is used by traders: a route used by trading ships or caravans
  2. 5. A small, fast ship used by most European explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries (Spain and Portugal)
  3. 6. A tool or instrument for finding directions by first locating North
  4. 7. To sail completely around something, such as the globe
  5. 8. The science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship.
  6. 10. A person whose business it is to buy, sell, or exchange goods
Down
  1. 1. A person who travels to learn to discover
  2. 2. In the 1400’s, sailors from Europe started to look for new trade routes to the Far East, hoping to get rich. Over the next 300 years, most of the world was visited and mapped by European explorers. This time in history is called the “Age of Exploration,” or the “Age of Discovery.”
  3. 3. The period of time from 1400-1500 A.D. The time when the age of discovery began
  4. 9. A navigational instrument which allowed sailors to determine their position at sea (latitude) by using the stars for navigational purposes.