| A | B |
|---|
| Middle Passage | voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure |
| caravel | special type of ship that featured important advances in sailing technology |
| Peter Stuyvesant | governor of New Netherland who conquered New Sweden in 1655 |
| plantations | large farms that grew just one kind of crop and made enormous profits for their owners |
| Martin Luther | publicly criticized the Roman Catholic Church with his ninety-five theses |
| Quebec | small colony on the ST. Lawrence River which opened trading routes for the French |
| African Diaspora | scattering of millions of enslaved Africans across the New World |
| Henry the Navigator | helped Portugal become a leader in world exploration |
