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 Age of Exploration http://questgarden.com/54/83/9/070908162151/images/explorer_engraving.jpg the period of discovery beyond Europe from about 1400 to 1600 astrolabe http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Musée_des_arts_et_métiers_-_Astrolabe_-_Rennerus_Arsenius.jpg instrument, now replaced by the sextant, that was once used to determine the altitude of the sun or other celestial bodies, helped determine latitude caravansaries http://www.travestyle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/f10f3dedb863d9eaafb914ee130668e5_large.jpg inns with a central courtyard for travelers in the desert regions of Asia or North Africa Cape of Good Hope http://www.travelingbynumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Cape-of-Good-Hope-1024x680.jpg the southern tip of Africa caravel http://nautarch.tamu.edu/shiplab/01George/pictures/caravel%20images%20main/land-col-3-mastedcaravels5.jpg a light sailing ship with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean from the 14th to the 17th centuries catapult http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211_fall2004.web.dir/Katherine_Harris/Catapult.jpg a war machine used to fling a projectile (object) circumnavigate http://wordinfo.info/words/images/around-circumnavigation.gif to sail or fly completely around something, such as Earth commodities http://www.dfaofca.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/otherCommodities.jpg marketable goods that are produced to satisfy wants or needs epidemic http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yUflHV8_ZGo/T9ONaeILkfI/AAAAAAAAAZY/SdBiDfLUPhI/s1600/the-black-death.jpg a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time Haj http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/sitepix/11_2011/mecca_haj.jpg 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 magnetic compass http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Compass_align.jpg 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 origin http://timeopinions.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/seeds.jpg?w=480&h=320&crop=1 the most basic source or beginning Siege Warfare http://s1.thcdn.com/design-assets/products/10034405/pic1.jpg surrounding and blockading of a city, town, or fortress by an army attempting to capture it stirrup http://www.tackroominc.com/images/Sprenger4System.jpg 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. Strait of Magellan http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/cunniff/americanhistorycentral/Graphic_Images/Maps/strait_magellan_label.jpg a waterway near the southern tip of South America transcontinental http://openflights.org/demo/openflights-routedb-2048.png crossing a continent for the purpose of travel or trade tribute http://uploads5.wikiart.org/images/nicholas-roerich/russian-prince-collects-tribute-1908.jpg wealth that one party gives to another as a sign of respect or allegiance.