| A | B |
|---|
| Christopher Columbus | landed in the Bahamas while looking for a trade route to Asia,  |
| Queen Isabella | Queen of Spain who agreed to give money to Christopher Columbus,  |
| King Ferdinand | King of Spain,  |
| expedition | a trip/journey by a group of people with a definite purpose |
| Hispaniola | the first permanent colony established by Columbus and his brother |
| colony | land claimed by a distant nation,  |
| routes | pathway or road; the way to a specific place,  |
| Taino | native people to the Caribbean,  |
| conquistador | general term for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas,  |
| delta | deposits that form at the the mouths of some rivers,  |
| commission | to grant (give) the power or authority to carry out a specific task |
| viceroy | governor of a colony who rules for the king |
| buccaneer | pirate who preyed on ships during the 1600s,  |
| mission | settlement founded to spread Christianity,  |
| pueblo | Native American village of houses built of adobe,  |
