ufs111 - 2nd vocabulary Entry

1. Exploring
  ~ to travel for the purpose of discovery
2. Conquest
  ~ the act of conquering
3. Trekking
  ~ a long and difficult trip.
4. Distance
  ~ a distant region
5. Continent
  ~ one of the large landmasses of the earth
6. Sailing
  ~ the departure of a vessel from port
7. Map
  ~ diagrammatic representation of the earth surface or part of it
8. Compass
  ~ navigation instrument for finding direction.
9. Torch
  ~ a light usually carried in the hand to lifht the way in the dark.
10.Discover
  ~ make a new finding
11. Passage
  ~ a journey usually by ship
12. Navigator
  ~ the ship's officer in charge of navigation
13. Treasure Trove
  ~  treasure of unknown ownership found hidden.
14. Foreign Country
  ~ any state of which one is not a citizen
15. Colonizer
  ~ an act of travelling by water
16. Expedition
  ~ an organized group of people undertaking for a particular purpose.
17. Trading
  ~ buying or selling securities or accommodation
18. Convoy
  ~ a collection of merchant ship with an escort of warship
19. Coast
  ~ the shore of a sea or ocean
20. Longitude
  ~ the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich.
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