As you are learning about the Age of Exploration and the different explorers that have impacted the New World, make sure to learn these new vocabulary words and understand what they mean. You may even want to try to use them in your interview script.

Vocabulary Word:	Definition:
navigation	Navigation is the process of planning or directing the course of a ship or vessel from one point to another.
expedition	A journey organized by a group of people to explore new territory or land for a purpose.
conquistadors	They are Spanish conquerors that came to the New World in search of gold and other riches. It is the Spanish word for the soldiers and their leaders who conquered the Native Americans of the New World in the early 1500s.
missionary	A missionary is a member of a religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith. It is a person who travels and attempts to spread a religion, usually in a foreign country, and attempts to persuade or convert others to their own religion.
colony	A territory or land settled or conquered by a people who leave their country for the purpose of expanding cultural, economic, or political power. They settle a new land and maintain relationships with their homeland.
slave	A person who is owned by another person as their property. They are forced to work without pay.
slavery	Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and required to perform labor or services.
territory	An area of land; a region. The land and waters under the jurisdiction of a government. A geographic region, such as a colonial possession, that is dependent on an external government.
route	An established or selected course of travel or action.
colonizer	to make or establish a colony : settle
New World	The New World is another name for the Americas (or the Western Hemisphere).
Old World	The Old World is another name for the Eastern Hemisphere (Europe, Asia, and Africa).
strait	A narrow channel joining two larger bodies of water.
caravel	A caravel is a type of two- or three-masted sailing ship developed in the 1400s by the Portuguese.
dead reckoning	Dead reckoning is a method of navigation that involves calculating one's position by noting one's speed, the speed and direction of the wind, ocean currents, and compass directions. Dead reckoning was used by sailors like Columbus.
Northwest Passage	A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the Arctic circle north of Canada and Alaska.