| A | B |
| Colony | A land controlled by a distance nation |
| Conquistador | Spanish soldier or explorer. |
| Mestizo | Mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry |
| Encomienda | Use of Native Americans labor to create a great land made by Spain |
| Pilgrims | A group of people who founded Plymouth to escape religious persecution |
| Puritans | A group of people who founded Massachusetts Bay to escape religious persecution |
| Triangular Trade | A trading network where slaves and other goods were carried between Africa |
| Middle Passage | A voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies |
| Columbian Exchange | A global transfer of plants |
| Capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership |
| Joint stock Co | A business in which investors pool their money for a common purpose |
| Mercantilism | Policy to increase their wealth by selling more goods than they buy |
| Favorable Balance of Trade | a country exports more than it imports |