Globalization: The process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence or start operating on an international scale.
Mercantilism: An economic theory that dominated Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries, emphasizing government control of foreign trade for the benefit of one's own country.
Columbian Exchange: The widespread exchange of plants, animals, diseases, human populations (including enslaved Africans), ideas, and culture between Afro-Eurasian societies and the Americas following Christopher Columbus's voyages.