age of exploration Flashcards
navigation
finding a way to get to a destination when your traveling in a ship,airplane,car and on foot
astrolable
an instrument used to observe the sun or stars before the invention of the sextant
magnetic compass
a device used to find directions to the North (usually has two needles)
latitude
the distance North or South of the equator
expidition
a journey by a group of people for a specific purpose
longitude
the distance east to west of the equator
entrepreneur
a person who starts a business by themselvs in order to make money
colony
an area that belongs to a country
cartographer
a person who makes maps
reform
to improve something or someones behavior
convert
to change something into a different way to be used differently
circumnavigation
to travel all the way around something
emperor
a man who rules an empire
mission
a catholic place or a church built in the early day
slavery
a practice of owning someone and making them work with no pay