Bayou Bridges Unit 6 Ch. 1 European Exploration Vocab Quiz

the skill or science of determining the route to a destination

• navigation

• astrolabe

• compass

• mercantilism

a navigational tool used to determine the position of the sun, a star, or another object in the sky

• astrolabe

• compass

• mercantilism

• caravel

a device that uses a magnetic pointer to show direction

• compass

• mercantilism

• caravel

• hull

an economic system that aims to increase a country's wealth and power by controlling trade and people

• mercantilism

• caravel

• hull

• validate

a small, maneuverable sailing ship used by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century

• caravel

• hull

• validate

• mutiny

the sides and bottom of a boat

• hull

• validate

• mutiny

• colonization

to rebel against leaders, especially on a ship

• mutiny

• validate

• colonization

• circumnavigate

to give official approval

• validate

• mutiny

• colonization

• circumnavigate

the practice of bringing people from a different country to control and settle an area that already has an Indigenous population

• colonization

• circumnavigate

• navigation

• astrolabe

to travel completely around something (such as Earth), especially by water

• circumnavigate

• navigation

• astrolabe

• compass