| A | B |
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| cartographer | mapmaker |
| line of demarcation | an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to the South Pole |
| circumnavigation | circling of the globe |
| conquistador | conqueror |
| triangular trade | a trade route which the slave trade was a part of |
| the Middle Passage | the middle leg of the tri trade, which a ghastly ordeal for enslaved Africans took place on as they traveled it |
| joint stock company | trading venture that sold shares to divide costs and profits |
| entrepreneur | an individual who combined money, ideas, raw materials, and labor to make goods and profits |
| mercantilism | a theory which held that a state's power depends on its wealth |
| bullion | gold or silver |
| balance of trade | difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over a period of time |
