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

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

3. Circumnavigate
To circle the world

4. Conquistador
A Spanish explorer

5. Plantation System
The use of largescale agriculture for financial gain

6. Carvel
A new type of ship built during the 1400s

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

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

9. Astrolabe
Tool used to determine location using latitude

10. Cartographer
A mapmaker

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

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

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

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

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