| A | B |
|---|
| Vasco da Gama | sailed around Africa and continued to India:Trade |
| Christopher Columbus | credited with discovering America |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | one of the first explorers, began explorer school |
| Bartolomeu Dias | found the bottom of Africa;Cape of Good Hope |
| Ferdinand Magellan | first to sail around the world |
| Hernan Cortes | conquered the Aztecs |
| Amerigo Vespucci | America is named after him |
| Sir Francis Drake | defeated the Spanish Armada, sailed around the world |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer, explored the St.Lawrence river |
| Francisco Pizzaro | conquered the Incans |
| Columbian Exchange | trade of goods between Old and New World |
| Mercantilism | belief that colonies exist to benefit the mother country |
| Triangular Trade | trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas |
| Commercial Revolution | New Economic system created during this time |
