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Exploring: Early on
Chapter 2 section 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Age of Exploration | The period of time beginning in the late 1400s when Europeans were looking for new routes to Asia |
| navigate | to find your way by ship or by airplane |
| New World | The name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas |
| The Americas | The land masses of North America, Central America and South America |
| Compass | A tool or instrument for finding directins by first locating north |
| astrolabe | An early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the positon of the sun and other stars |
| caravels | Ships with large triangular sails that allowed ships to sail against the wind |
| Archaeologist | Scientists that use artifacts to find more about other people's culture |
| Viking | Eric the Red and Leif Ericsson were called _______ and explored Iceland and Greenland |
| Henry the Navigator | He was not actually an explorer but started a school to teach navigation |
| Bartolomeu Dias | This explorer made it to the Cape of Good Hope when looking for a trade route to Asia |
| Vasco da Gama | This explorer from Portugal made it around the Cape of Good Hope and to India when looikng for a trade route to Asia |