| A | B |
|---|
| Johannes Gutenberg | invented the printing press in the 1450's |
| Renaissance | means "rebirth" |
| Marco Polo | wrote "The Travels of Marco Polo" |
| Cathay | What China was called during Marco Polo's visit |
| technology | the scientific knowledge of tools |
| navigation | the science of planning and following a route |
| Prince Henry | opened a school of navigation in 1418 |
| Portugal | country Prince Henry was from |
| caravel | a long narrow ship that could carry goods and sail quickly over long distances |
| compass | tool used to find longitude or distance from the prime meridian |
| astrolabe | tool used to figure out the positions of the sun, moon, and stars |
| expedition | a trip taken with the goal of exploring |
| Silk Road | an ancient land route between China and Italy |
| empire | made up of lands ruled by the nation that won control of them |
| Leif Erickson | let the Vikings from Norway to Newfoundland in 1000 A.D. |
| Christopher Columbus | sailed from Spain to San Salvador in 1492 |
| King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella | financed Christopher Columbus' expedition to America |
| entrepreneur | a person who sets up and runs a business |
| cost | effort made to achieve or gain something |
| benefit | reward gained |
| Reconquista | the movement to make Spain all Catholic |
| Columbus' 3 ships | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| San Salvador | island in America discovered by Christopher Columbus |
| chronometer | a tool that kept very accurate time and was used by sailors to find their longitude |
