Explorer Vocab Quiz

It takes a long time to ______ the globe.

• circumnavigate
• navigation

• compass

• colonization

Your teacher must ______ your homework when you turn it in.

• validate
• astrolabe

• circumnavigate

• mutiny

A(n) ______ uses a magnet to tell direction.

• astrolabe

• navigation

• compass

• caravel

If sailors did not like their captain, they could ______.

• circumnavigate

• mutiny

• validate

• hull

A ship's ______ must be strong to keep water out.

• astrolabe

• caravel

• mutiny

• hull

Sailors used a(n) to figure out the position of their ship.

• compass

• astrolabe

• caravel

• navigation

European _____ of the Americas led to conflict with the people already living there.

• mercantilism

• navigation

• colonization

• caravel

The new _____ was faster than ships had been before.

• hull

• compass

• caravel

• navigation

An important skill for any sailor is ____________.

• navigation

• circumnavigate

• mercantilism

• compass

Many European countries worked under the economic concept of ________________.

• navigation

• mercantilism

• mutiny

• colonization