| A | B |
| John Cabot | England |
| Henry Hudson | Holland |
| Jacques Cartier | France |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | France |
| Christopher Columbus | Spain |
| Samuel de Champlain | France |
| New World | European's name for North America and South America |
| explore | to search for new things and new places |
| colony | a place that is settled at a distance from the country that rules it |
| fort | a place built to protect people |
| patroon system | a plan to give people huge pieces of land so they would come to the New World |
| tax | money paid to the government |
| slave | a person who is owned by another person |