| A | B |
|---|
| Mercantilism | how the European countries acquired wealth and power |
| Vasco da Gama | Found trade route from Portugal to India |
| Christopher Columbus | Found the Bahamas and Cuba, he thought he was in India |
| Francisco Pizarro | Discovered the Incan civilization |
| Francis Drake | Explored for England |
| Commercial Revolution | European countries competed for overseas markets, colonies, and resources |
| Plantation System | implementation of this destroyed indigenous economies & increased the demand for slaves |
| Why Europeans wanted to explore | gold, spices, and natural resources or "God, Gold, and Glory" |
| Prince Henry | pioneered exploration but never made a voyage |
| Hernando Cortez | Discovered the Aztec Empire |
| Ferdinand Magellan | First to circumnavigate the world |
| Jacques Cartier | Claimed Canada for France |
| Triangular Trade | Three directional trade route between Europe, Africa, and America |
| Columbian Exchange | Traded agricultural products such as corn, potatoes, tobacco, horses, and cattle. |
