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"BENs Vocab" Mrs. Pagelsdorf's 5th grade Social Studies- Building A Nation 03
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emperor | ruler of an empire |
| magnetic compass | Chinese invention that aided navigation by showing which direction was north |
| caravan | group of travelers traveling |
| pilgrimage | journey taken for religious reasons |
| astrolabe | navigational tool that helped sailors use the sun and stars to find their way |
| saga | long, spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next |
| Renaissance | period in Europe beginning in about 1350 during which there was a new desire to learn more about the arts, sciences, and other parts of the world |
| navigation | science used by sailors to plot their course and determine their location |
| slave trade | buying and selling of human beings |