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SS 8 FINALS
Vocabs
Question | Answer |
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Empirical reasoning | Drawing conclusions from physical evidence |
Copernicus | first scientist to state that the Earth is not the centre of the Earth |
Inquisition | Church court that tried heretics, people who disagreed with Church teaching |
Caravel | A ship that sail into the wind by tracking |
Lode stone | A naturally magnetic stone, used as a compass |
Log line | Used to measured the ship's speed. |
Quadrant | Measured the height of the sun or a star above the horizon |
Dias | A navigator that was set out to find a way around Africa with two caravels. |
Da Gama | A navigator that was sent out to find a sea-route around Africa |
Columbus |