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Vocabulary
Early Explorers
Term | Definition |
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map | Navigational tool that helps navigate route of travel |
astrolabe | Tool used to find latitude based on the sun or north star |
compass | Tells sailors directions (N,S,W,E) |
chronometer | Keeps accurate time, helps find longitude |
equator | line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres |
prime meridian | Line that divides the western and eastern hemispheres |
latitude | Lines found on a map or globe that run parallel (W to E) |
longitude | Lines found on a map or globe that run vertical (N to S) |
navigation | Science of planning and following a route |
expedition | Trip taken with the goal of exploring |
missionaries | Religious teachers |
isthmus | Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land |
Northwest Passage | Waterway in North America that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean |