Explorers
Vocabulary
Important Facts
100
__________________ was an early explorer who explored parts of Asia and wrote a book about his travels
Marco Polo
100
A ___________________ is the one who controls the course of a ship.
Navigator
100
________________________ is a trade route spanning from Europe to Asia: Traded goods, religion, and ideas.
The Silk Road
200
____________________ was the first European explorer to sail around Africa
Vasco da Gama
200
An __________________ is an instrument/tool used to locate the position of the sun, moon and North Star.
Astrolabe
200
___________________ is one of the Seven continents, European explorers sailed around this continent to reach India.
Africa
300
_______________ was known as the “explorer who stayed home,” started a school for training sailors in navigation
Prince Henry
300
Another name for a mapmaker is a ______________________.
cartographer
300
Why did the Europeans need to find another route to Asia?
Silk road too dangerous and got shut down. Trading city Constantinople was shut down by the Turks. So they began to look for water routes.
400
__________________ was the European explorer, from Portugal, who sailed to the Southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
400
A body of water that can be navigated, such as a canal, river, or channel is called a _______________.
Waterway
400
How did Prince Henry Contribute to ocean exploration?
started a school for sailors/navigation. designed the caravel improved navigational instruments (astrolabe)
500
An instrument/tool for finding direction is a ____________________.
compass
500
What goods did the Europeans want from Africa, Asia, and the Indies?
slaves, silk, ivory, spices, perfume, pottery, gold, jewels.
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