| A | B |
|---|
| exports | goods sent to other countries to be sold |
| astrolabe | an instrument that determines latitude |
| Christopher Columbus | an explorer, sponsored by Spain, that was looking for a faster trade route to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean |
| cartography | another word for map making |
| trade route | an area used by merchants for economic purposes |
| Jacques Cartier | a French explorer that unsuccessfully searched for the Northwest Passage (a water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean), he also explored Canada |
| Pedro Cabral | a Portuguese explorer that landed in and explored South America after getting lost in the Atlantic Ocean |
| quadrant | a tool used to determine altitude |
| John Cabot | an English explorer that was looking for a faster trade route to Asia across the Northern Atlantic Ocean |
| celestial navigation | using the sun, moon, and stars to find a location |
| imports | goods that are brought into a country to be sold |
| caravel | a ship with triangle sails, broad bows and beams; it was a smaller, faster ship than the ones used previously |
| patrons | rich empires that paid people to study, explore, or create art for the glory of the empire |
| caravans | groups of explorers that traveled together |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | Spanish explorer that was the first European explorer to discover the Pacific Ocean |
| scarcity | when the demand is high and the supply is low |
