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WorksheetsUnit 2-Exploration and History Power Words Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is an astrolabe?
A tool that measures the positions of the stars or sun
A type of ship used by explorers
A group of people or animals traveling together
What does the term "caravan" refer to?
A group of people or animals, often traders, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa
A journey or voyage undertaken by explorers
A tool designed to keep accurate time
What is the definition of "expedition"?
A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular goal, usually exploration
A strip of land that connects two larger lands
A tool that measures temperature, humidity, and air pressure
Who were "colonists"?
People who build a settlement in another territory or land
People who invented gunpowder
People who sail all the way around something
What is the "Middle Ages"?
The period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453)
A journey or voyage undertaken by explorers
A tool designed to keep accurate time
What is the act or process of planning out a route, or directing the travels of a vehicle such as a ship or airplane called?
Navigation
Exploration
Migration
What is the Silk Road?
An ancient network of road and trip travel that brought goods like silk from China to the rest of the Western world
A water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans
A movement to spread Catholicism in Spain
Who were the Vikings?
Explorers of North America before Christopher Columbus
Members of a people living mainly in Niger and Mali
Leaders of the Spanish Reconquista
What does the term "Northwest Passage" refer to?
A water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coasts
An ancient road network in Africa
A movement to spread Catholicism in Spain
Who are the Songhai?
Members of a people living mainly in Niger and Mali (Africa)
Explorers of North America
Traders along the Silk Road
What does conquistador mean?
conqueror
king
judge
compass
chronometer
astrolabe
Spanish Reconquista
The Spanish word for conqueror
The act or process of planning out a route or directing the travels of a vehicle such as a ship, car or plane
A movement to spread Catholicism in Spain
Isthmus
Christmas in Iceland
A strip of land that connects two larger lands
The name of the Viking explorer who discovered America
Gunpowder
Invented by the Chinese alchemists in the 9th century, originally. It was made by mixing elemental sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter
A tool that measures the positions of the stars or sun
Weapons that turn to dust after you shoot them
Blowing powder into someone's face
Seaworthy Ships
People who trade, buy and sell to earn a living.
Ships that were worth the whole Sea
Fit for a sea voyage
Caravel
A pastry eaten on ships used to keep the sailors from getting scurvy
A small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries
A strip of land that connects two larger lands
Circumnavigate
A small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries
Fit for a sea voyage
To sail all the way around something (such as the world)
Merchant
The Spanish word for conqueror
People who trade, buy and sell to earn a living.
a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory or land.
