CULTURES MEET

An _________ is a narrow strip of land that connects two large land areas. 

• LAKE
• ISTHMUS
• OCEAN

A ___________ is an agreement between countries. 

• TREATY
• DEAL
• BET

 _________ is the science of planning and following a route. 

• TOOL
• BOATS
• NAVIGATION
• CAPTAIN

An _________ is a trip taken with the goal of exploring.

• EXPEDITION
• TRIP
• ROUTE

 An __________ is made up of lands ruled by the nation that won control of them.

• GOVERMENT
• CITY
• EMPIRE

Explorers had to be __________. They set up and ran their expeditions.

• ENTREPRENEUR
• BOSS
• SAILOR
• KING

Often, explorers had to persuade others that the __________, or effort made to achieve or gain something, was worth the risk of an expedition.

• BENEFIT
• MONEY
• COST
• EURO

The __________, or reward gained, was the chance of finding riches worth many times the cost.

• BENEFIT
• COST
• NAVIGATION
• EXPEDITION

WHO WROTE A BOOK THAT TELLS ABOUT A VOYAGE TO CATHAY, AS CHINA WAS THEN CALLED? 

• MARCO POLO
• MAGELLAN
• JOHANNES GUTENBERG
• VESPUCCI

________HIRED SCIENTIST TO IMPROVE TWO  OF THESE TOOLS, THE COMPASS AND THE ASTROLABE

• MAGELLAN
• PRINCE HENRY
• CABOT
• QUEEN ISABELLA