5 Unit 3: Age of Exploration

People who make their living buying and selling goods

• merchants

• enslaved

• missionaries

• allies

the science of getting ships from place to place

• merchants

• navigation

• enslaved

• missionaries

forced to work without pay

• merchants

• enslaved

• missionaries

• ally

a person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs

• merchants

• enslaved

• missionaries

• ally

political or military partner

• merchant

• navigation

• missionary

• ally

The name of the trade route that Europeans would use to trade with China.

• China Road

• Asian Trade Road

• Northwest Passage

• Silk Road

Why were trade routes between the Middle East and Africa unsuccessful for Europeans?

• dangerous

• Arab traders controlled the trade business

• African traders controlled the trade business

• too long and far to travel

What was the first country to set sail for trade? They sailed south of Africa in hopes to reach Asia.

• Spain

• England

• Portugal

• France

Check the boxes of the 3 navigation tools used during this time.

• astrolabe

• orienteering compass

• rudder

• sextant

Check the boxes of the 2 kinds of ships used during this time.

• cruise

• caravel

• stern rudder

• steel