1. Imperialism
the policy of extending the authority of an empire, through force or political systems, over foreign countries

2. New World
Old World
The regions of the world that were discovered during the age of exploration; the Americas located in the Western Hemisphere
the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas; located in the Eastern Hemisphere.

3. Divine Rights of Kings
A time when monarchs felt that God had chosen them to rule.

4. Absolutism
A political system of centralized and unlimited government power

5. Triangular Trade
A three stage trade pattern that carried goods and enslaved people among Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

6. Plantation
A large commercial farm

7. Mercantilism
An economic system in which colonies sent raw materials to the mother country; in return, colonist were expected to buy products from the mother country

8. Northwest Passage
A hypothetical North American passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.

9. Columbian Exchange
An exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease, technology and ideas between the Old world and the New World following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in

10. Silk Road
an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean

11. Cartography
The science of making maps and globes

12. Empire
an group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

13. Conquistador
A Spanish soldier and explorer

14. Colony
a country or area under political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.