| A | B |
|---|
| Renaissance | Rebirth |
| Eric the Red | Kicked out of Iceland |
| Astrolabe | Invention from the Muslims |
| Magnetic Compass | Invention from the Chinese |
| Vasco de Gama | Portuguese explorer who reached India |
| Saga | Long spoken tale |
| Kublai Khan | Emperor of Shangdu, China |
| Vikings | Scandinavian Sailors |
| Slave Trade | Buying and selling of humans |
| Bartolomeu Dias | Portuguese explorer who reached the Indian Ocean |
| Vinland | Land of Wine |
| Navigation | Science of determing direction while traveling at sea |
| Silk Road | Major trade route between China and other lands |
| Emperor | Ruler of the empire |
| Marco Polo | Merchant from Venice |
| Lief Ericsson | Named Vinland because of how many grapes he saw |
| Shangdu | City in China where Marco Polo landed |
| Venice | A trading city |
| Greenland | Name by Eric the Red, actually made of ice |
| Cape of Good Hope | Formerly known as "Cape of Storms" |
| Zheng He | Chinese sailor who led 7 voyages over 28 years |
| Portugal | Country that took the lead in sea routes |
| Johann Gutenberg | The firt book he printed was the Bible |
| Prince Henry | Became known as a navigator |
