Explorers Vocabulary

Explorers from northern Europe that sailed to North America over 1,000 years ago.

• Vikings

• Merchants

• Spanish Explorers

• Taino

To travel in an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

• Navigation

• Encounter

• Exploration

• Profit

Relating to the government.

• Merchant

• Exchange

• Profit

• Political

Someone who buys and sells goods to make money.

• Slavery

• Merchant

• Viking

• Columbus

The use of knowledge and tools to do things better and more quickly.

• Profit

• Political

• Exchange

• Technology

The money a business has left over after all expenses have been paid

• Profit

• Exchange

• Debt

• Finance

A tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon

• Navigation

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Map

The science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship

• Astrolabe

• Compass

• Navigation

• Map

An unexpected meeting between people

• Exploration

• Encounter

• Exchange

• Slavery

Trading of objects or ideas

• Profit

• Political

• Exchange

• Merchant