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

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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

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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

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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

tribute

wealth that one party gives to another as a sign of

respect or allegiance

http://uploads5.wikiart.org/images/nicholas-roerich/russian-prince-collects-tribute-1908.jpg