| A | B |
|---|
| Motecuhzoma | Aztec king who was captures by the Spanish and died |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish leader who was conquered by the Aztecs |
| conquistadors | Spanish soldiers under the leadership of Cortes |
| civil war | war between people of the same country |
| Attahuallpa | leader of the Incas who was killed by the Spanish |
| Francisco Pizzarro | Spanish conquistador who was responsible for the death of the Inca leader Atahuallpa |
| grants | gifts of money offered to explorers by Spains king |
| Ponce De Leone | explorer who was looking for the fountain of youth and named Florida |
| mainland | main part of the continent |
| rumours | stories without proof |
| Francisco De Coronado | searced for the 7 cities of gold and claimed much of the SW USA for Spain |
| dessertion | when soldiers run away from their duties |
| missionaries | people who teach their religion from others |
| colony | settlement ruled by another country |
| plantations | huge farms |
| Indians | people the Spanish made their slaves |
| Northwest Passage | water route cutting through North America which explorers hoped to find |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer who looked for the passage |
| Samuel De Champlain | explorer who found Montreal and Quebec |
| trade network | system of trade among Indians |
| Hurons | Indians who acted as agents for other Indian groups |
| Frances Drake | England's most famous explorer who attacked Spanish ships and stole their treasures |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | English noble who set up England's first colony |
| Roanoke | island colony of the English on which people dissappeared and were never found |
| armada | fleet of war ships |
| profit | money left over after everything has been paid for |
| Jamestown | English colony in Virginia which survived |
| Captain John Smith | leader of Jamestown who probably saved it from becoming another lost colony |
| pilgrims | settlers who came to Massachussets from England to get religious freedom |
| Mayflower compact | an agreement made by the Pilgrims to follow a set of laws for the good of the colony |
| Squanto | Indian Tisquantum who became an interrpreter for the pilgrims and taught them how to plant & fish |
