
Age of Exploration/Atlantic Slave Trade Vocabulary
Authored by John Morris
Social Studies
6th - 8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A time period when European countries explored other areas of the world in search of land, goods, and tradinng partners. Called also the "Age of Discovery."
trade route
Age of Exploration
astrolabe
colonization
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One-half of the Earth. The northern and southern hemispheres are divided by the equator. The eastern and western hemisheres are divided by the meridian.
Conquistador
caravel
hemisphere
equator
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A path used by traders.
navigation
slavery
trade route
Columbian Exchange
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The art of guiding a ship from place to place safely.
trading
caravel moving
slavery
navigation
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A small, fast ship used by the Spanish and the Portuguese explorers for long journey.
astrolabe
colonization
caravels
Lincoln Navigator
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A navigational tool that uses a magnetized needle. This magnetic needle aligns with the Earth's magnetic field to point north.
astrolabe
magnetic compass
map
sextant
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A tool used to measure a ship's latitude at sea by measuring the angle between the horizon and the stars.
caravel
sextant
magnetic compass
astrolabe
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