Age of Contact vocabulary

to find location using stars, sun,and moon

• astrolabe

• compass

• navigate

• circumnavigate

a small, maneuverable sailing ship used by the Portuguese in the 15th century

• compass

• mercantilism

• astrolabe

• caravel

the skill or science of determining the route to a destination

• astrolabe

• compass

• navigation

• circumnavigate

a device that uses a magnetic pointer to show direction

• compass

• astrolabe

• navigate

• circumnavigate

an economic system that aims to increase a country's wealth and power by controlling trade and people.

• mutiny

• mercantilism

• colonization

• caravel

the sides and bottom of the boat

• mutiny

• navigate

• caravel

• hull

to rebel against leaders, especially on a ship

• caravel

• mutiny

• mercantilism

• colonization

to give official approval

• validate

• mercantilism

• mutiny

• caravel

the practice of bringing people from a different country to control and settle an area that already has an Indigenous population

• compass

• mutiny

• validate

• colonization

to travel completely around something, such as Earth, especially by water

• circumnavigate

• navigate

• astrolabe

• caravel