Early Explorers Vocabulary

Any large area of land.

• country

• town

• territory

• state

A trip by water or through space.

• expedition

• explorer

• journey

• voyage

A person who travels to unknown places. Usually in search of something valuable or rare.

• explorer

• navigator

• settler

• colonist

A ship or large boat.

• voyage

• vessel

• canoe

• train

A place where a group of people live.

• apartment building

• house

• colony

• settlement

The person in charge of plotting and directing the course of a ship.

• captain

• navigator

• director

• conductor

A person, country, or business that agrees to pay for a project or activity in exchange for new information, land, or valuables.

• friend

• King or Queen

• sponsor

• millionaire

A person who was born in the country in which she or he currently lives.

• settler

• colonist

• stranger

• native

Goods carried by ship, airplane, truck, or other vehicle.

• cargo

• steamship

• railroad track

• road

A journey or voyage taken by a group of people with a goal or purpose in mind.

• voyage

• journey

• expedition

• hike