| A | B |
|---|
| cartographers | Someone who makes maps. |
| circumnavigation | To travel around the world. |
| conquistadors | Spanish explorers or conquerors |
| entrepreneurs | Someone who combines money,ideas,raw materials and labor to make a profit. |
| Joint-Stock Company | Organizations that sold stock in ventures, enabling small and large investors to share risks. |
| line of demarcation | An imaginary line created by the pope. Spain controlled the west side, Portugal the east. |
| Middle Passage | An enslaved person's journey from Africa to the Ameircas. |
| mercantilism | The theory that held a nations power rested on its accumulated wealth. |
| balance of trade | When your exports excede your imports. |
| bullion | gold or silver |
| triangular trade | Trade between Europe,Africa and the Americas. |
| Vasco da Gama | Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope all the way to India/Asia. |
| Bartholomeu Dias | First European to sail to the tip of Africa. |
| Ferdinand Magellan | His ship circumnavigated the globe. |
| Christopher Columbus | Decide to sail to the west to make it to India/Asia. |
| Tenochtitlan | Capital of the Aztecs. |
| Montezuma II | Leader of the Aztecs. |
| Hernan Cortes | Landed in Mexico in 1519. Defeated the Aztecs in 3 years. |
| Fransico Pizzaro | Conquered the Incan Empire (present day Peru). |
| Queztalcoatl | God-King, according to legend was pale and bearded. |
| Atahualpa | Incan Ruler. Defeated his brother in a civil war. |
| Henry Hudson | English navigator that claimed land for the Dutch along the Atlantic coast of North America. |
| Disease (small pox) | Killed millions of Native Americans. |
| Pedro Alvares Cabral | Claimed Brazil for Portugal. |
| Compass | Invented by the Chinese. Enabled sailors to determine geographical direction. |
| Astrolabe | Invented by Arabs. Enabled sailors to determine the altitude of the sun or other heavenly bodies. |
| Lateen Sails | Used by the Muslims. Made it possible to sail against the wind. |
| Caravel | European ship that revolutionized sailing. |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Started a school for navigators. Never made an ocean voyage. |
