Vocabulary
People who trade, sell, or buy to earn a living
Merchant
This explorer has a game named after him
Marco Polo
The invention of this is usually attributed to experimentation in Chinese alchemy by Taoists - Europeans discovered and used this to fuel cannons and guns while sailing
This was the movement of people, animals, plants, and cultures between the Eastern and Western hemispheres (the result of Christopher Columbus); this vast, global exchange would affect most of the entire world and still exists today.
The Columbian Exchange
A journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular goal (usually exploration, research, or war)
Expedition
This explorer lead the ships the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria in 1492
Christopher Columbus
An instrument containing a magnetized pointer that shows the direction of North
Compass
A group of people or animals, often traders, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa
Caravan
This explorer wanted to sail all the way around the globe
A tool that measures the positions of the stars or sun
Astrolabe
Ancient network of travel that brought goods like silk from China to the Roman Empire and then to the rest of the Western world
Silk Road
This explorer set out to conquer the Aztec people
Hernan Cortes
Also called reflecting quadrant, this is a measuring instrument used primarily in navigation
Octant