Age of Exploration Flashcards
Navigation
A science used by sailors to find their place and plan their route.
Magnetic compass
A tool that shows which direction is north.
Astrolabe
A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.
Expedition
A long and carefully organized trip.
Entrepreneur
A person who starts a new business.
Latitude
A distance north or south of the equator, usually measured in degrees.
Longitude
A distance east or west of the prime meridian, usually measured in degrees.
Cartographer
A person who makes maps or charts.
Colony
An area or place that is ruled by a distant country.
Reform
To change.
Convert
To change someone’s or one’s own belief.
Emporer
The ruler of an empire.
Circumnavigation
The act of sailing around something.
Mission
A place set up by a religious group to teach religion and other ways of life to native people.
Trading post
A place where people meet to trade goods.
Tributary
A river that flows into a large river or lake.
Slavery
The practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.
Charter
An official document from an authority to do something.
Settlement
A place to live that is set in a new area.
