APUSH Chapter 2 (Enduring Vision) Rise of The Atlantic World, 1400-1625
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| 1256396167 | Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer who claimed the island of San Salvador in the Bahamas for the king and queen of Spain | 1 | |
| 1256396168 | Mali | A leading power in the West African savanna during the 14th and 15th centuries. | 2 | |
| 1256396169 | Kongo | The most powerful and highly centralized kingdom along the African coast in the 15th century. | 3 | |
| 1256396170 | Renaissance | An era of intense artistic creativity in Europe after the Middle Ages. | 4 | |
| 1256396171 | joint-stock company | A business corporation that amassed the capital through sales of stock to investors. | 5 | |
| 1256396172 | Protestant Reformation | A movement led by Martin Luther in the 16 th century in which people split from the Catholic church. | 6 | |
| 1256396173 | pre-destination | The belief that God predestined most sinful humans to hell, saving only a few in order to demonstrate his power and grace. | 7 | |
| 1256396174 | Catholic or Counter-Reformation | The movement in the 16 th century within the Catholic church to reform itself as a result of the Protestant Reformation. | 8 | |
| 1256396175 | Church of England | also known as the Anglican Church. The episcopal and liturgical national church of England. | 9 | |
| 1256396176 | Puritans | Militant Calvinists who insisted that membership in a congregation be limited to those who had had a conversion experience and that each congregation be independent of other congregations and of the Anglican hierarchy. | 10 | |
| 1256396177 | new slavery | Form of slavery initiated by Portugal where African slaves were forced to work on sugar plantations and were subjected to new extremes of dehumanization. | 11 | |
| 1256396178 | Columbian exchange | The widespread exchange of animals, plants, germs, and peoples from Europe, Africa, and the Americas. | 12 | |
| 1256396179 | St. Augustine, Florida | City in Florida where Spain established the first lasting European post in North America in 1565. | 13 | |
| 1256396180 | New Mexico | The Spanish colony in the upper Rio Grande Valley. | 14 | |
| 1256396181 | encomiendas | Grants awarding Indian labor to wealthy colonists | 15 | |
| 1256396182 | New France | Areas in North America under French colonial rule. | 16 | |
| 1256396183 | Virginia | Colony established by the British. | 17 | |
| 1256396184 | indentured servants | Young men and women, usually unemployed and poor, who were given free passage to America, plus basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing, in exchange for labor, usually for four to seven years. | 18 | |
| 1256396185 | Plymouth | Colony established by English emigrants, half of which were Puritans. They sailed across the Atlantic on the Mayflower and signed the Mayflower Compact. | 19 | |
| 1256396186 | New Netherland | Dutch colony in America. | 20 |
