PTE Reading
Re-order Paragraphs
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Re-order Paragraphs
Arrange the sentences into the correct order.
Put the sentences in the correct order:
- These longer voyages eventually opened trade and exploration routes that reshaped global commerce for centuries afterward.
- Confident in their ability to hold a steady course, ship captains began venturing farther from shore into open ocean routes.
- For sailors accustomed to navigating only by familiar coastlines and clear skies, this reliable directional reference was transformative.
- This needle aligned itself with Earth's magnetic field, allowing a sailor to determine north even when the sky was overcast and stars were invisible.
- The magnetic compass is believed to have first been used for navigation in China, after sailors noticed that a floating magnetized needle always pointed in the same direction.