Columbian Exchange The movements of plants, animals and diseases between eastern and western hemispheres

Mercantilism A European system of trading between Colonies and their Mother (home) country in which the mother country benefits

Circumnavigate To circle the world

Conquistador A Spanish explorer

Plantation System The use of largescale agriculture for financial gain

Carvel A new type of ship built during the 1400s

Colonialism The use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the mother country

Exploration Going to new areas of the world for the first time

Astrolabe Tool used to determine location using latitude

Cartographer A mapmaker

Middle Passage The brutal trip between Africa and America for captured slaves

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Refers to the trade of slaves that took place across the Atlantic Ocean

Import A good that one country gets from another because it cannot produce it themselves

Export A good that one country sends to another in exchange for another good, or for a profit

Treaty of Tordesillas Agreement between Spain and Portugal settling conflicts over new lands