Age of Exploration Vocabulary

to change or become adjusted to one's surroundings

• obstacle

• adapt

• sponsor

• conflict

opposing views or controversy between groups of people, usually due to differences in cultures, beliefs, or language

• adapt

• conflict

• cooperation

• exploration

working together for the benefit of all, usually between two differing groups of people who may also have a conflict

• adapt

• conflict

• cooperation

• exploration

travel to new, undiscovered places for the purpose of finding riches for a sponsor country

• adapt

• conflict

• cooperation

• exploration

problems, challenges, or fears that the explorers had during their voyages; such as fear of the unknown, lack of food and supplies, climate, insects, and diseases

• adapt

• conflict

• obstacle

• sponsor

maps, compasses, Mercator projection charts, chip logs, traverse boards, and back staffs

• navigational tools

• obstacles

• conflict

• explorations

a country for whom an explorer sailed; the country that provided financial support for the journey

• adapts

• explorations

• sponsor

• navigation

the desire of explorers to spread their religion to other groups of people

• Gold

• God

• Glory

• Gadgets

riches and wealth that explorers were looking for

• God

• Gold

• Gadgets

• Glory

fame from discovering new lands

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• Goodness