| A | B |
|---|
| Indigenous | Originating naturally in a particular place |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | Portuguese Prince. Responsible for early development of Portuguese exploration and maritime trade |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer. First European to reach India by sea. Traveled around the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer who sailed for Spain. Completed 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Initiated Spanish colonization of the New World |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish Conquistador. His expedition directly led to the fall of the Aztec Empire |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish Conquistador. Conquered the Incan Empire |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer. Organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies. First circumnavigation of the Earth (his crew was successful after he died on the trip) |
| (Sir) Francis Drake | English sea captain, navigator, privateer, slaver. Completed the second circumnavigation of the world. |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer. Claimed what is now Canada for France. 1st European to describe and map the Gulf of St. Lawrence |
| Emigration | Act of leaving one’s country with the intent to settle permanently in another |
| Trading Companies | Businesses working with different kinds of products which are sold for consumers |
| Columbian Exchange | Widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human population, communicable diseases, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres |
| Smallpox | Infectious disease Localized in blood vessels of skin, mouth and throat |
| Plantation System | Agricultural mass production Rely on export of cash crops |
| Triangular Trade | Refers to trade among 3 ports Fixes trading imbalances |
