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History vocablesson1
pretty self explanatory
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| astroble | a device that enabled navigators to learn there ships location by charting the position of the stars |
| carvels | used traingular sails that unlike taditional sails allowed ships to sail against the wind |
| uncharted | unmapped |
| circumnavigate | to travel around the globe |
| colobian exchange | the transport of animals and goodsera |
| era | an important time in history |
| observatory | a room or building housing a telescope |
| navigation | planing and following a route especially charting a course for a ship |
| Taino | a member of the atawak people of the bahamas became extinct after contact with spanish explorers |
| line of demorcation | boundary between spanish and portuguese territories in the new world |