| A | B |
| emperor | ruler of an empire |
| magnetic compass | tool used by sailors to determine their direction at sea |
| caravan | group of traders traveling together |
| pilgrimage | journey taken for religious reasons |
| astrolabe | tool that used the sun and stars to find a location based on its distance from the equator |
| saga | long spoken tale repeated from one generation to the next |
| Renaissance | period of time that marked a new beginning in arts and sciences and desire to learn more about the world |
| navigation | science sailors used to plot their course and find their location far from land |
| slave trade | buying and selling of human beings |