Exploration and Technology

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the science of planning and following a route

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navigation

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someone who sets up and manages a business

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entrepreneurs

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trips taken with the goal of exploring

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expeditions

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Tool used to calculate the position of the sun, moon, and stars.

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astrolabe

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Renaissance

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rebirth

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astrolabe

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tool used to calculate the position of the sun, moon and stars

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empire

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a collection of lands ruled by the nation that conquered them

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Who was Christopher Columbus?

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an Italian sailor who explored the Americas

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Who started a school of navigation to improve ships, maps, and navigational technology?

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Prince Henry of Portugal

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Tisquantum/Squanto

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an American Indian who worked as an interpreter