Age of Exploration Vocabulary

An all water route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean by voyaging above North America

through the Arctic Ocean. This idea for a shortcut to Asia was a myth.

• the Middle Passage

• The Northwest Passage

• The Fountain of Youth

• The Silk Road

This word means "native to the land"

• colony

• caravel

• indigenous

• Northwest Passage

a territory that is controlled by a stronger country

• colony

• conquistador

• caravel

• Middle Passage

a Spanish explorer and conqueror

• astrolabe

• caravel

• Lionel Messi

• conquistador

a small, fast ship which could easily maneuver the winds and sail close to the shore

• caravel

• the Titanic

• astrolabe

• the Mayflower

a scientific instrument that was used to determine a ship's location by measuring the angle of the sun or a star

• compass

• latitude

• longitude

• astrolabe

an instrument with a magnetic pointer that points north and helps with directions

• astrolabe

• volleyball

• compass

• caravel

a long and difficult travel route by sea

• caravel

• compass

• astrolabe

• voyage

the act of traveling in search of new lands, ideas, and things

• scavenger hunt

• adventure

• exploration

• field trip

a transatlantic trade system of goods across the Atlantic to and from the American colonies with Europe and Africa

• Columbian Exchange

• Northwest Passage

• Walmart

• voyage