| A | B |
|---|
| Triangular Trade | Route between Europe, Africa, and Americas |
| Marco Polo | "The Travels" |
| Latitude | Distance North and South of Equator |
| Longitude | Distance East and West |
| Astrolabe | "Shooting the Sun" |
| Prince Henry | "The Navigator" |
| Sagres | School for sailors |
| Bartholomeu dias | Rounded tip of Africa |
| Cape of Storms | Renamed Cape of Good Hope by King John II |
| Vasco da Gama | 1st European to reach India |
| Admiral Albuquerque | Set up Goa port |
| Pedro Cabral | Claimed Brazil for Portugal |
| Christopher Columbus | European discover of New World |
| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand | Sponsored Columbus' voyage |
| Columbas' 3 Ships: | Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria |
| Indians | Term given by Columbus to the natives |
| Indios | Inhabitants of the Indies |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | Divided territory "New World" between Spain and Portugal |
| Pope Alexander VI | Settled rivalry between Spain and Portugal |
| Line of Demarcation | 48 West Longitude |
| Encomienda | Right of settlers use natives as laborers provide protection for Indians |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Charted coastline of Central and South America |
| America | 1st name used(1507) |
| Martin Waldseemuile | German map maker |
| Vasco Balboa | 1st European to see Pacific Ocean |
| Ponce de Leon | Search for the Fountain of Youth |
| Hernan Cortes | Conquer of Aztec Empire in Mexico(1521) |
| Aztec | People of the Sun |
| Montezuma II | Emperor of Aztecs |
| Tenochitlan | Aztec Capital City |
| Small Pox | "The Great Rash" |
| Ferdinand Magellan | 1st to sail around the world |
| Francisco Pizarro | Conquered Inca Empire of Peru |
| Incas | Children of the Sun |
| Cuzco | "City of the Sun" |
| Atahualpa | Inca Emperor, killed by Pizzaro |
| Hernando DeSoto | Explored Gulf of Mexico |
| Coronado | Grand Canyon |
| Boers | Dutch Farmers |
| New Amsterdam | New York City |
| Francis Drake | 1st Englishmen to sail around the world |
| English Piracy | "Sea Dogs" |
| Henry Hudson | Seeking Northwest Passage discovered Hudson River |
| Jamestown, Virginia | 1st permanent English settlement in N. America |
| Giovanni Da Verrazando | Explored coast of N. America Carolinas to Nova Scotia |
| Jacques cartier | St. Lawrence River |
| Samual De Champlain | Founder of New France |
| Robert La Salle | Claimed Louisiana for France |
| The Middle Passage | Slave ships voyage Africa-Americas |
| Timbuktu | Center African slave trade |
