Age of Exploration Vocabulary Practice

Name:

1. The science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship.

• Navigation
• Convert
• Slavery
• Expedition
• Technology

2. To sail completely around something.

• Circumnavigate
• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition

3. To change a religion or a belief.

• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition
• Technology

4. A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work for free.

• Slavery
• Convert
• Navigation
• Expedition
• Technology

5. Money left over after all expenses have been paid.

• Profit
• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition

6. A navigational tool that measures the height of the sun or a star against the horizon.

• Astrolabe
• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition

7. An outbreak of a disease that spreads quickly and affects many people.

• Epidemic
• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition

8. A large farm or ranch, often with its own church and village.

• Hacienda
• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition

9. The use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly.

• Technology
• Convert
• Navigation
• Slavery
• Expedition