Matching Pairs Age of Exploration Vocabulary Online version Match each Age of Exploration vocabulary word to its definition. by Daynel Brown 1 trader 2 explorer 3 caravel 4 age 5 15th century 6 spices 7 telescope 8 trade route 9 Silk Road 10 continent 11 navigation 12 the printing press a course or path that ships and travelers use for trading goods a machine used for printing on paper; this machine made books more common and affordable to everyone in the 15th century the period in time from 1400 A.D. to 1500 A.D. one of the main bodies of mass land on Earth the science of locating where you are (for example: where your ship is at sea) a small, fast sailing ship in the 14th and 15th century; great for ocean travel a certain period of time in history a person who travels to learn and to discover an instrument that makes far away objects (like stars) look bigger a person whose business is to buy and sell or exchange goods the old trade routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea plant products such as leaves, seeds, and bark that have strong flavors, which are used to season food
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