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Key Words 1400-1600
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| circumnavigation | to travel around the world |
| rudders | gave more control over steering |
| castles | were built at the front and back of ships to help with defence |
| clinker | built to be bigger and carry more |
| Astrolabes quadrants and staffs | used to measure latitude |
| Compasses | helped with direction |
| Cartography | the practice of making maps |
| Mule | the front of a ship |
| Genocide | the killing or extermination of a group of people because of race, religion ethnicity. |
| A log and line and a sand glass | used to measure speed in knots |
| Astrolabes ,quadrants and cross-staffs | were used to work out latitude |
| Colonisation | settling among and establishing control over the native people of an area |
| Conquest | take over by force |