| A | B |
| Marco Polo | Wrote about his travels to China in 1295 |
| Astrolabe | A navigational device used at sea |
| Christopher Columbus | Discovered a "New World" for Spain |
| Ferdinand Magellan | He circumnavigated the globe |
| Circumnavigate | To complete a trip around the world |
| Line of Demarcation | This line divided the "New World" between Prtugal and Spain |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Line of Demarcation shifted west |
| Pope Alexander VI | Declared location of original Line of Demarcation |
| Montezuma | Defeated leader of the Aztec Empire |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquorer of the Azrec Empire |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquorer of the Inca Empire |
| Atahualpa | Defeated Incan ruler |
| Renaissance | A period of great European change in ideas and goals |
| Technology | practical applications of science |
| Caravel | A Three masted ship designed by the Portugese |
| Exploration Cause #1 - GOD | spread Christianity |
| Exploration Cause #2 - GLORY | To advance one's nation or seek personal fame |
| Exploration Cause #3 - GOLD | To seek riches of the new World for self or nation |
| Henry the Navigator | In 1420 he set up a school for exploration in Portugal |
| Bartholomeu Dias | He put the Portugese way ahead of Spain by finding a way around Africa |
| Christopher Columbus | Took a western route to Asia and ran into North America |
| Line of Demarcation, 1493 | The Pope divided the New World between Portuagl and Spain |
| Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 | Line of Demarcation shifted west gives Portuagl more land |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | He crossed over Panama to dicover the Pacific Ocean |
| Amerigo Vespucci | "America" - see his voyage on pg 48. |
| Conquistador | Explorer / soldiers of Spain. |
| Juan Ponce de Leon, 1513 | First Spainard to land in North America |
| John Cabot, 1497 | First Englishman to land in North America |
| Missions | Spanish religious communities devoted to christianizing Indians |
| Encomienda | Conquistadors given land grants and Indians as slaves |
| Diseases | Largest killer of Native Americans |
| Slavery | 2nd greatest cause of Indian deaths |
| Bartolome de las Casas | Spanish Conquistador - priest who tried to protect Indians |
| Plantation | Large farm that used slaves for its labor. |
| Columbian Exchange | Plants, animals, and disease that crossed between Europe and America after Columbus. |
| North West Passage | 3 nations hoped to find a route around America to Asia |
| Netherlands | Found Hudson River instead of Northwest Passage |
| Britain | Found Hudson Bay instead of Northwest Passage |
| France | Found St. Lawrence River instead of Northwest Passage |
| Mercantilism | A colony's duty - raw materials & markets |