| A | B |
|---|
| explorers from Scandinavia | Vikings |
| traveled to Greenland | Eric the Red |
| spoken tale passed on from one generation to the next | saga |
| age that marked a new beginning in arts and sciences and a desire to learn more about the world | Renaissance |
| invented the printing press | Johann Gutenberg |
| Portuguese ruler who took lead in 1420s in developing new trade route to Asia | Prince Henry the Navigator |
| buying and selling of human beings | slave trade |
| explorer whose ships were blown by storm around southern tip of Africa into Indian Ocean | Bartolomeu Dias |
| sailed to India in 1497 | Vasco da Gama |
| Portuguese merchants settled there, bought spices at low prices, and shipped them back to Europe | Calicut, India |
| magnetic compass | helps locate north, south, east, and west |
| caravan | group of travelers staying together |
| pilgrimage | religious journey |
| navigation | science of knowing your location on the earth |
| astrolabe | instrument used in navigation |
| emperor | ruler of an empire |
