Circumnavigation

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/circumnavigation

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How long is Circumnavigation?Marine chronometer
2. What is the first circumnavigation expedition leader?Ferdinand Magellan
3. What is the first circumnavigation completion year?1522
4. What does it mean to circumnavigate the Earth?It means sailing or traveling all the way around the planet, going back to where you started.
5. Why was Ferdinand Magellan's voyage the first circumnavigation?His expedition, starting in 1519, was the first recorded trip that went all the way around the world, proving the Earth is round.

Celestial Navigation: The practice of finding one's position and course by observing celestial bodies like the sun and stars.
Longitude: The angular distance, east or west, on the Earth's surface, measured from the Prime Meridian.
Dead Reckoning: A method of navigation that estimates a vessel's current position by using a previously determined position, and advancing it by plotting course and distance traveled.
Columbian Exchange: The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.