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The compass is a magnetic tool that is man made. The navigator using the needle on the compass would rub an iron needle against the loadstone, then stick it in a piece of straw and it would float in a bowl of water the needle would point to the direction North. 

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The compass is a magnetic tool that is man made. The navigator using the needle on the compass would rub an iron needle against the loadstone, then stick it in a piece of straw and it would float in a bowl of water the needle would point to the direction North. 

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Jack Plockelman, Raina Heider, Preston Greene, Gretta Hareng, Mia Krupar, Collin Lorino

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The compass was an important technology during the AGE of EXPLORATION because...

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The compass was an important technology during the AGE of EXPLORATION because...

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You could now tell what direction you were heading also it was very important that you knew how to tell the height of the sun and the stars.

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1. There are 16 directions on a compass
2.The compass uses magnetic poles to direct location
3. The compass works by the magnetic poles in the earths surface

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How was it useful and important to the explorers during the 1400 and 1500s?

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How was it useful and important to the explorers during the 1400 and 1500s?

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1. It was used for navigation
2. It was used to tell the height of the sun and the stars

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What was it's shortcoming? Why did it need to be improved?

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What was it's shortcoming? Why did it need to be improved?

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It needed to be improved because the first compass had 8 directions but now the compass is divided into 32 points and call it the compass rose