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