Age of Exploration Vocabulary Trivia

The _______ was a time period when European countries explored other areas of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners.

A _______ is one-half of the Earth.

A _______ is a path used by traders. These paths could be access by land or water.

_______ is the art of guiding a ship from place to place safely.

A _______ is a small, fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers for long journeys.

A _______ is a navigational tool that uses a magnetized needle. This magnetic needle aligns with the Earth’s magnetic field to point north.

An _______ is a tool to measure a ship’s latitude at sea by measuring the angle between the horizon and the stars.

_______ is the act of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

A _______ is a colonizer, especially one of the Spanish conquerors in the New World.

_______ refers to indigenous civilizations which rose, flourished, and fell in the Americas before 1492.