| A | B |
|---|
| Sepoy | An Indian soldier |
| Astrolabe | A device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon |
| Caravel | A ship with square and triangular sails |
| Circumnavigate | To sail around the world |
| Cartographer | A mapmaker |
| Conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
| Creole | American-born descendant of Spanish settlers |
| Mestizo | Person of mixed Spanish and Native American descent |
| Mulatto | Person of mixed Europeans and African descent |
| Peninsulare | European living in the colonies |
| Triangle Trade | Network of trading goods between Europe, the Americas, Africa |
| God, Gold, Glory | Motivations for Exploration |
| Vasco da Gama | First to sail around the coast of Africa to India |
| Christopher Columbus | Discovered the Americas |
| Henry Hudson | Led the search for the Northwest Passage |
| Jaques Cartier | Claimed most of Canada for France |
| Magellan | First to circumnavigate the globe |
| Cortes | Conquered Aztecs in Mexico |
| Pizzaro | Conquered Incas in Peru |
| Frances Drake | Claimed the East Coast of North American for England |
