Age of Exploration

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Exploration

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The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

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Trade

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The action of buying and selling goods and services.

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Mercantilism

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An economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

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Columbian Exchange

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The widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Colonization

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The action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

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Navigation

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The process or activity of accurately ascertaining one's position and planning and following a route.

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Conquistador

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A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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Indigenous

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Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

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Raw Materials

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The basic material from which a product is made.

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Global

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Relating to the whole world; worldwide.