Age of Exploration

merchants

• people who buy and sell goods
• explorers
• process to plan a course and location

navigation

• helped sailors know how far north or south they were
• process to find course or location
• a new kind of sailing ship which was smaller and lighter

astrolabe

• helped sailors follow other routes through unfamiliar waters 
• helped sailors know how far north or south they were
• helped sailors know which direction they were heading

caravel.

• a smaller and lighter new sailing ship
• heavy ship that moved slowly
• helped sailors know how far north or south they were

trading post

• someone who bought and sold goods
• stores and small settlements where goods were bought and sold
• people who bought and sold slaves

slave trade

• people who bought and sold goods
• a place where goods could be bought and sold
• where humans were bought and sold as property

patron

• gives financial support to another person or cause
• to sail completely around the world
• conqueror

conquistadors

• people who bought and sold goods
• and organized journey
• conqueror

expedition 

• an organized journey usually led by a conquistador
• a group of nations or people ruled by a single group or leader
• an organized journey

empire

• conquerors 
• a group of nations or people who are ruled by a single group or leader
• to sail around the world