Unit 2 Lesson 1-Explorers

a shop owner or a person involved in trade.

• merchant

• teacher

• doctor

an invention that helped navigators by indicating which way was north.

• compass

• sextant

• astrolabe

a journey taken for religious purposes.

• pilgrimage

• vacation

• expedition

a period in European history, about 500 A.D. – 1500 A.D.

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

ruler of an empire.

• emperor

• king

• president

the science of accurately determining a ship’s location and direction.

• navigation

• cartography

• astronomy

a long, spoken heroic story passed down through generations.

• epic

• novel

• fable

coins, paper, or gold used as money.

• currency

• commodity

• investment

a small, fast sailing Spanish or Portuguese ship that could be steered easily and hold lots of cargo.

• caravel

• galleon

• frigate

navigational tool that uses measurements of the sun and stars to help sailors find their way.

• astrolabe

• compass

• sextant