Age of Exploration Vocab Test

What is the act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it or discover new things called?

• Navigation

• Exploration

• Colonization

• Trade

Who is responsible for directing the course of a ship or other vehicle, often using maps and instruments?

• Conquistador

• Cartographer

• Navigator

• Explorer

What is a journey undertaken by a group of people with a specific purpose, such as exploration or research, called?

• Voyage

• Expedition

• Trade

• Sailing

What is the process of establishing control over a foreign territory and settling people from the home country there?

• Cartography

• Cultural Exchange

• Colonization

• Exploration

What is the science or practice of drawing and making maps called?

• Navigation

• Cartography

• Trade

• Sailing

What term describes the activity of buying, selling, or exchanging goods and services between people or countries?

• Trade

• Exploration

• Colonization

• Expedition

Who was a Spanish explorer or conqueror, especially one who took part in the conquest of the Americas?

• Navigator

• Conquistador

• Cartographer

• Explorer

What is the sharing and blending of cultural practices, beliefs, and ideas between different groups of people called?

• Colonization

• Cultural Exchange

• Trade

• Exploration

What is a long journey involving travel by sea or in space called?

• Expedition

• Voyage

• Sailing

• Exploration

What is the act of using sails to move a boat or ship across water, often associated with exploration during this period?

• Navigation

• Sailing

• Cartography

• Trade