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Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Trade | dealings between persons or groups b (1) : the business of buying and selling or bartering commodities |
| Age of Exploration | European sailors explored many parts of the world, especially North America. |
| Global Age | a time when all civilizations can be in contact with the others around the world. Beginning around 1400. |
| explorers | a person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information |
| Compass | a device for determining directions by means of a magnetic needle or group of needles turning freely on a pivot and pointing to the magnetic north |
| missionaries | a person undertaking a mission and especially a religious mission |
| Astrolabe | a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant |
| sea route | route taken by sea by explorers |
| trade route | route taken to trade with other countries |
| Cargo | the goods or merchandise conveyed in a ship, airplane, or vehicles. |
| caravel | new ship that could travel longer distances at a faster pace. |
| gunpowder | used in guns and rifles. it was used for protection and to hunt for food. |