Vocabulary Practice: naus, naut, nav

Travellers to California for gold were sometimes called the Forty Niners, or even _________.

• Argonauts

• Astronauts

• Cosmonauts

• Navigators

Neil Armstrong was the first American _________ to step foot on the Moon, where he placed a U.S. flag.

• astronaut

• cosmonaut

• argonaut

• navigator

Ferdinand Magellan's crew was the first to ________ the world, travelling from Europe all the way west and back.

• circumnavigate

• navigate

• navy

• navigable

As Russian _________ were making their way into space first, U.S. President Kennedy promised the U.S. would be the first to the Moon.

• cosmonauts

• astronauts

• argonauts

• nautical

Some people take certain medications when they go on ships because the movements of the currents makes them sick, or _________.

• nauseous

• navigate

• navigable

• nautical

Anchors, sailing ships, life saving rings are all examples of _________ items.

• navy

• nautical

• argonaut

• astronaut

Some say the futile Northwest Passage of the age of exploration may finally be _________ thanks to climate change breaking up ice and opening paths in the arctic ocean.

• navigable

• navigator

• navy

• nauseous

When on a road trip, the person in the front passenger seat often acts like a _________ helping plan routes, verifying directions and organizing stops.

• navigator

• navy

• navigable

• astronaut

C-3PO said the odds of someone being able to _________ an asteroid field successfully (without destroying your ship) are 3,720 to 1.

• navigate

• navigator

• circumnavigate

• navigable

An admiral is a high rank in the _________ the military might on the ocean.

• navy

• cosmonaut

• Argonaut

• nautical