| A | B |
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| Magellan | First to sail the world |
| Columbus | Discovered new continents in the western part of the world |
| Cortes | Landed in Mexico and destroyed the Aztecs |
| Pizzaro | Sailed down the west coach of Mexico and landed in Peru. Destroyed the Inca civilization |
| Cartier | Landed in the Great Lakes area of the United States |
| Hudson | Landed in present day New York and has a river and bay named after him |
| Cabot | English sailor that lands in Eastern Canada and the New England area of the US |
| Da Gama | Portuaguese sailor that sails around Africa and lands in India |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Pays explorers to sail for Portugal |
| Circumnavigate | Sail around the world |
| Columbian Exchange | The global exchange of ideas, plants, animals and disease |
| Compass | instrument used to guide explorers |
| Harrison's Clock | tool used to determine longitude |
| Post Ship Rutter | device for governing, directing, or guiding a course |
| Cartography | Making of maps |
| Astrolabe | medieval instrument used for navigation |
| Lateen Sail | sail-triangular sail that was of decisive importance to medieval navigation |
| Mercantilism | policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imports in order to build its supply of gold and silver |
| Line of Demarcation | line created by Pope to divide up the new lands that were being discovered between Spain and Portugal |
| Treat of Tordesillas | Spain received the rights to the land West of the line and Portugal received the land East of the line |
| Triangle Trade | Shipment of goods to Africa, slaves to the Americas and raw materials to Europe |
| Middle Passage | Shipment of slaves from Africa to the Americas |
| 5 reasons for exploration | Gold, land, spices, spread Christianity, herioc deeds |
