| A | B |
|---|
| astrolabe | Navigator's tool to determine ships position by charting position of stars. |
| Black Death | Epidemic that killed 1/3 of Europe in the 1300's. |
| capital | Money or property used to earn more money. |
| caravel | Small Portuguese ship that was easy to move and fast. |
| circumnavigate | To sail completely around. |
| Columbian Exchange | Transfer of plants, animals, and disease between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
| Commercial Revolution | Period of economic development in the 1400's that greatly expanded trade. |
| convert | To change beliefs. |
| joint-stock company | Businesses formed by a group of people to make investments and share in the profits and losses. |
| monoploy | Sole economic control of a business or product. |
| Northwest Passage | Nonexistent path through North America. |
| Reconquista | Centuries long struggle to drive the Moors out of Spain. |
| Renaissance | Rebirth of interest in the arts and learning. |
| strait | Narrow, winding sea passage. |
| viceroy | A royal governor in Spanish America. |
