| A | B |
|---|
| Christopher Columbus | Discovered America in 1492 |
| Magellan | First explorer to sail from Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean |
| Vasco da Gama | Discovered the New England coastline |
| James Cook | Searched for the Northwest passage, but was unsuccessful |
| Samuel de Champlain | Landed in Canada |
| Hernan Cortes | Invaded Mexico |
| Line of Demarcation | Divided the explorations of Portugal and Spain |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Confirmed the Line of Demarcation |
| Amerigo Vespucci | The explorer after whom America is named |
| Queen Isabella of Spain | Financed Columbus's voyages |
| colony | A settlement of people in a new territory |
| mercantilism | a set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 1600s |
| balance of trade | different in value between what a nation imports and what it exports |
| motives for exploration | God, Gold, & Glory! |
| encomienda | right to use Native Americans as slaves |
| Columbian Exchange | trade between the new and old world |
| Time period of the Age of Exploration | 1500-1800 |
| Middle Passage | route from Africa which led to the death of many slaves |
| triangular trade | route that connected Europe, Asia and Africa, and America |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelective government officials |
