15th century
explorer
navigation
trade route
spices
the printing press
age
caravel
continent
telescope
trader
Silk Road
the period in time from 1400 A.D. to 1500 A.D.
a course or path that ships and travelers use for trading goods
a machine used for printing on paper; this machine made books more common and affordable to everyone in the 15th century
a person who travels to learn and to discover
the science of locating where you are (for example: where your ship is at sea)
an instrument that makes far away objects (like stars) look bigger
a person whose business is to buy and sell or exchange goods
a certain period of time in history
the old trade routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea
one of the main bodies of mass land on Earth
plant products such as leaves, seeds, and bark that have strong flavors, which are used to season food
a small, fast sailing ship in the 14th and 15th century; great for ocean travel
