1. 4th Grade Age of Exploration Vocabulary
Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!

2. What do we call legends and stories about heroic deeds told by the Vikings?
Sagas
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3. What do we call a settlement of religious teachers?
Mission
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4. What do we call an extension of an ocean or sea into the land?
Gulf
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5. What do we call a buyer and seller of goods for profit?
Merchant
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6. What do we call a long, narrow portion of land extending out into the water?
Peninsula
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7. What do we call a person who teaches his or her religion to others with different beliefs?
Missionary
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8. What do we call a journey made for a particular purpose?
Expedition
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9. What do we call the period of cultural and artistic growth that spread throughout Europe in the 1400s and 1500s?
Renaissance
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10. What do we call the science of determining a ship’s location and the direction and distance it traveled?
Navigation
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11. What do we call a narrow strip of land between two bodies of water?
Isthmus
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12. What do we call a disease contracted by many people at one time?
Epidemic
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13. What do we call going completely around the world, especially by water?
Circumnavigate
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14. What do we call a harbor where ships dock to load and unload cargo?
Port
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15. What do we call a leader in the Spanish conquest of America, Spanish for conqueror?
Conquistador
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