Chapter 3

vocab

8 cards·by Kayla.Brasell

emperor

ruler of an empire

magnetic compass

tool used by sailors to determine their direction at sea

caravan

group of traders traveling together

pilgrimage

journey taken for religious reasons

astrolable

tool that used the sun and stars to find a location based on it's distance from the equator

sage

long spoken tale repeated from one genoration to the next

renaissance

period of time that marked a new beginning in arts and science and a desire to learn more

navigation

science sailors use to plot their course and find their location far from land