Exploration 6-10

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Watch the movie link above and write 15 facts about it.

Exploration Vocabulary 6-10


6. Circumnavigate-  literally, "navigation of a circumference" – refers to travelling all the way around an island, a continent, or the entire planet Earth.

7. Strait- is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water.

8. Northwest Passage- is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic

9. Carvel-is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean.

10. Strait of Magellan-  comprises a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. The waterway is the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, but it is considered a difficult route to navigate because of the unpredictable winds and currents and the narrowness of the passage.