World History

5. angular distance on the earth's surface, measured east or west from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England, to the meridian passing through a position, expressed in degrees (or hours), minutes, and seconds.
6. the discovery of new lands.
9. the first European to sail to the Americas.
11. an instrument that indicates local apparent solar time by the shadow cast by a central projecting pointer on a surrounding calibrated dial.
13. the first people to create the lunar calendar.
18. A device for measuring time by letting water flow out of a container, usually through a tiny aperture.
19. A person who is affected by lunacy, a mentally deranged person.
20. the angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.

1. the first person to circumnavigate the globe.
2. the missionary to introduce clocks to China.
3. the first person to create a school of exploration.
4. Gama, the first person to reach India by Sea
7. a body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water.
8. the study of the positions and motions of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs.
10. the first person to round the tip of Africa.
12. a missionary who traveled to Mongolia.
14. an instrument used to tell time.
15. the father of geography.
16. A fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
17. the country which a majority of ocean explorers originated from.