Interactions Across the Eastern Hemisphere Grade 6 – Unit 6 Illustrated Glossary Integrated Social Studies/English Language Arts Curriculum (Grade 6) ©Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Curriculum & Instructional Services
Interactions Across the Eastern HemisphereGrade 6 – Unit 6
Illustrated Glossary
Integrated Social Studies/English Language Arts Curriculum (Grade 6)©Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES Curriculum & Instructional Services
Age of Exploration
the period of discovery beyond Europe from
about 1400 to 1600
http://questgarden.com/54/83/9/070908162151/images/explorer_engraving.jpg
astrolabe
instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once
used to determine the altitude of the sun or other
celestial bodies, helped determine latitude
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Musée_des_arts_et_métiers_-_Astrolabe_-_Rennerus_Arsenius.jpg
caravansaries
inns with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa
http://www.travestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/f10f3dedb863d9eaafb914ee130668e5_large.jpg
Cape of Good Hope
the southern tip of Africa
http://www.travelingbynumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Cape-of-Good-Hope-1024x680.jpg
caravel
a light sailing ship with two or three masts, used
in the Mediterranean from the 14th to the 17th
centuries
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/01George/pictures/caravel%20images%20main/land-col-3-mastedcaravels5.jpg
catapult
a war machine used to fling a projectile (object)
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2004.web.dir/Katherine_Harris/Catapult.jpg
circumnavigate
to sail or fly completely around something,
such as Earth
http://wordinfo.info/words/images/around-circumnavigation.gif
commodities
marketable goods that are produced to satisfy
wants or needs
http://www.dfaofca.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/otherCommodities.jpg
epidemic
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease
in a community at a particular time
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yUflHV8_ZGo/T9ONaeILkfI/AAAAAAAAAZY/SdBiDfLUPhI/s1600/the-black-death.jpg
Haj
a religious journey to the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, every devout Muslim is expected to make
this trip at least once in a lifetime
http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/sitepix/11_2011/mecca_haj.jpg
magnetic compass
an instrument used to indicate magnetic north and other directions, containing a magnetic needle that
swings horizontally around a circle marked in degrees or with the points of the compass
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Compass_align.jpg
origin
the most basic source or beginning
http://timeopinions.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/seeds.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1
Siege Warfare
surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it
http://s1.thcdn.com/design-assets/products/10034405/pic1.jpg
stirrup
each of a pair of devices attached to each side of a horse's saddle, in the form of a loop with a flat
base to support the rider's foot.
http://www.tackroominc.com/images/Sprenger4System.jpg
Strait of Magellan
a waterway near the southern tip of
South America
http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/cunniff/americanhistorycentral/Graphic_Images/Maps/strait_magellan_label.jpg
transcontinental
crossing a continent for the purpose of travel or
trade
http://openflights.org/demo/openflights-routedb-2048.png