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