| A | B |
|---|
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | First European to reach the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean |
| Christopher Columbus | Sailed west to find a shorter route to Asia |
| Bartolomeu Dias | Sailed to the tip of Africa |
| Hernando de Soto | First European to reach the Mississippi River |
| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Incan empire in Peru |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition around the world |
| Amerigo Vespucci | Italian navigator who sailed along east coast of South America is 1501 |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa all the way to India |
| plantation | a large farm with many workers who live on the land they work |
| colony | a settlement far from a country that rules it |
| expedition | a journey made for a specific purpose |
| conquest | the captrue or taking of something by force |
| mission | a religious settlement where missionaries live and work |
| encomienda | land grant given by the king of Spain to wealthy settlers in New Spain |
| convert | to change from one belief to another |
| conquistador | Spanish word for conquerors who came to America in the 1500s |
