| A | B |
| samurai | knights |
| Bushido | the Code of the warrior |
| Shintoism | belief that things in nature have a spirit |
| Shogun | chief military leader |
| daimyo | large land owner |
| Ghengis Khan | leader of the Mongols |
| Kublai Khan | leader of the Yuan Dynasty |
| Pax Mongolia | Mongolian peace |
| Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta | travels and recorders of History |
| Hanseatic League | trading league for protection |
| Zheng He | constructed a large navy that was let fall to ruin |
| caravel | fast cargo ship |
| Henry the Navigator | created a school for navigation |
| Black Death | spread along trade routes |
| guild | labor union |
| apprentice | someone in training |
| Commericial Revolution | change from manorialism to capitalism |
| capitalism | economic system in which individuals can own thier own business |
| mercantilism | colony exists for the benefit of the mother country |
| Renaissance | rebirth of culture |
| Humanism | individuals have worth |
| Secularism | worldly affairs--non religious |
| Reformation | to change the Roman Catholic Church |