| A | B |
|---|
| Martin Luther | German priest who nailed a list of complaints about the Catholic church on a local church door. |
| Protestant Reformation | Start of a great religious and historical movement. |
| John Calvin | French religious thinker also broke away from teh Catholic Church. |
| mercantilism | economic theory that a nation tries to increase its wealth by acquiring gold and silver and trade with other regions. |
| globe | two hemispheres |
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases that altered life on both sides of the Atlantic. |
| chart | map |
| Northwest Passage | a direct water route through the Americas to Asia |
| John Cabot | Italian for England looked for a northern route to Asia and landed in Newfoundland. |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer sailed up the St. Lawrence River hoping it would lead to the Pacific |
| Henry Hudson | Sailed for the Dutch up the river that bears his name in New York on teh Half Moon ship |
| Samuel de Champlain | Founded a settlement in Quebec. |
| coureurs de bois | French trappers called runners of the woods |
