Age of Exploration Vocabulary - Unit 2

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

• astrolabe

• magnetic compass

• navigation

• longitude

a tool that shows which direction is north

• magnetic compass

• expedition

• charter

• gunpowder

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

• magnetic compass

• astrolabe

• sextant

• gunpowder

a long and carefully organized trip

• exploration

• expedition

• colony

• tributary

a person who starts a new business with the goal of making money

• enterprise

• chronometer

• entrepreneur

• colony

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

• latitude

• longitude

• circumnavigation

• slavery

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

• longshoreman

• latitude

• longitude

• settlement

a person who makes maps or charts

• choreographer

• circumnavigator

• cartographer

• charter

an area or place that is ruled by a distant country

• charter

• convert

• astrolabe

• colony

to change

• mission

• reform

• expedition

• navigation