The Age of Exploration

Question 1

navigation

Answer 1

a science used by sailors to find their place and plan their place

Question 2

magnetic compas

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 busuness

Question 6

latitude

Answer 6

a distance north or south of the equator

Question 7

longitude

Answer 7

a distance east or west of the equator

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 beliefs

Question 12

emperor

Answer 12

the ruler of an empire

Question 13

circumnavigation

Answer 13

the act of sailing around something

Question 14

slavery

Answer 14

the state of being under the control of another person

Question 15

mission

Answer 15

an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to cary on religious work

Question 16

tributary

Answer 16

a person or state that pays tribute to another state or ruler.

Question 17

trading post

Answer 17

a retail store serving a sparsely populated region usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise

Question 18

settlement

Answer 18

a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community.

Question 19

charter

Answer 19

In official document from in authority to do something