Age of Exploration

Question 1

Navigation

Answer 1

A science used by sailors to find their place and plan their route.

Question 2

Magnetic compass

Answer 2

A tool that shows which direction is north.

Question 3

Astrolabe

Answer 3

A tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their location.

Question 4

Expedition

Answer 4

A long and carefully organized trip.

Question 5

Entrepreneur

Answer 5

A person who starts a new business.

Question 6

Latitude

Answer 6

A distance north or south of the equator, usually measured in degrees.

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

A distance east or west of the prime meridian, usually measured in degrees.

Question 8

Cartographer

Answer 8

A person who makes maps or charts.

Question 9

Colony

Answer 9

An area or place that is ruled by a distant country.

Question 10

Reform

Answer 10

To change.

Question 11

Convert

Answer 11

To change someone’s or one’s own belief.

Question 12

Emporer

Answer 12

The ruler of an empire.

Question 13

Circumnavigation

Answer 13

The act of sailing around something.

Question 14

Mission

Answer 14

A place set up by a religious group to teach religion and other ways of life to native people.

Question 15

Trading post

Answer 15

A place where people meet to trade goods.

Question 16

Tributary

Answer 16

A river that flows into a large river or lake.

Question 17

Slavery

Answer 17

The practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.

Question 18

Charter

Answer 18

An official document from an authority to do something.

Question 19

Settlement

Answer 19

A place to live that is set in a new area.