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