Matching Pairs Age of Exploration Vocabulary Online version Match each Age of Exploration vocabulary word to its definition. by Daynel Brown 1 spices 2 continent 3 trader 4 the printing press 5 15th century 6 trade route 7 Silk Road 8 navigation 9 telescope 10 explorer 11 age 12 caravel 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) the old trade routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea a person whose business is to buy and sell or exchange goods a person who travels to learn and to discover 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 one of the main bodies of mass land on Earth 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. a course or path that ships and travelers use for trading goods an instrument that makes far away objects (like stars) look bigger
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