| A | B |
| Colony | a settlement of people linked to the parent country |
| Plantation | large argriculural estate |
| King Alfonso | predicted Africa to be ruined by slavery |
| Triangular Trade | connection between Africa, Europe, Asia, and the Americas |
| Mercantilism | Set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 1600s |
| Balance of Trade | difference in value between what a nation imports and exports |
| Middle Passage | trade route from Africa to the Americas where many slaves died |
| Java | slang term for coffee |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | a line of demarcation created to separate land between Portugal and Spain |
| Motives for Exploration | God, Glory, and Gold |
| Conquistador | Spanish Explorer of the Americas |
| Muslims | first group to start the institution of slavery in modern times |
| Malay Peninsula | thriving port for the spice trade |
| John Cabot | explored the New England coastline to create the 13 colonies |
| Ferdinand Magellan | first to sail around the world |
| Francisco Pizzaro | took control of the Incan Empire and took land for Spain |
| Amerigo Vespucci | took credit for discovering America |
| Christopher Columbus | was looking for the east indies and found the new world |
| Francois Dominique Toussaint | lead the only sucessful slave revolt to create Haiti |
| Ibo | African group who produced more slaves than any other group |
| Bantu Tribe | tribe in Africa who originated the institution of slavery |