Relier Pairs Age of Exploration Vocabulary Version en ligne Match each Age of Exploration vocabulary word to its definition. par Daynel Brown 1 the printing press 2 spices 3 trader 4 navigation 5 caravel 6 Silk Road 7 age 8 trade route 9 explorer 10 15th century 11 continent 12 telescope an instrument that makes far away objects (like stars) look bigger a small, fast sailing ship in the 14th and 15th century; great for ocean travel a person who travels to learn and to discover the old trade routes between China and the Mediterranean Sea a certain period of time in history a machine used for printing on paper; this machine made books more common and affordable to everyone in the 15th century one of the main bodies of mass land on Earth the period in time from 1400 A.D. to 1500 A.D. a course or path that ships and travelers use for trading goods plant products such as leaves, seeds, and bark that have strong flavors, which are used to season food the science of locating where you are (for example: where your ship is at sea) a person whose business is to buy and sell or exchange goods