| A | B |
|---|
| stimulated | heightened action |
| migration | the movement of persons from one country or locality to another |
| conquistadors | Spanish soldiers and explorers who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century |
| indigenous | started in a certain area |
| emigration | leaving your country/region permanently to settle somewhere else |
| Columbian Exchange | the global transfer of plants, animals and diseases that occured during European colonization of the Americas |
| triangular trade | transatlantic trade network where slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, Europe and the West Indies and colonies in North America |
| middle passage | brutal voyage that brought slaves to the Americas; middle leg of triangular trade |
| import | to bring in goods from a foreign country |
| export | to ship goods to a foreign country |
| Vasco de Gama | Portuguese explorer who traveled around the tip of Africa, giving a direct sea route to India |
| Christopher Columbus | Spanish explorer who searched for an alternate trade route to Asia, but instead discovered an island in the Caribbean |
| Hernando Cortez | Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who took a small army to South America and crushed the Incan Empire |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Spanish explorer who led a journey around the southern end of South America, and whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world |
| Francis Drake | English explorer who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the world; also helped to defeat the Spanish armada |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France |
| conversion | a change of religion |
| class system | social ranking based on birth and wealth |
| diffusion | spread |
