| A | B |
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| Marco Polo | His book about his journey to Asia inspired generations of Europeans to find better routes to Asia. (38-39) |
| Portugal | This country led the world in ocean exploration in the 1400's. (44) |
| spices | Along with precious stones and silks, this is what Europeans wanted to trade for with Asians (39) |
| Christopher Columbus | He tried to find Asia by sailing west from Europe, but found America. (45-47) |
| The Bahamas | Island group where Columbus first reached land in the Americas. (46) |
| Taino | Native American group that met Columbus in 1492. (Not in the book . (Rhymes with Cermeno.) |
| England | This European nation claimed land along the Atlantic coast of North America based on the explorations of John Cabot. (60) |
| Ferdinand Magellan | His journey in 1520 was the first to circumnavigate the Earth. (49) |
| Conquistadors | Spanish soldiers who came to the Americas in the 1500's for god, gold & glory. (51) |
| smallpox | Native Americans had no resistance to this deadly European disease. (53) |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | He arrived on the east coast of Florida in 1513 seeking a Fountain of Youth. (53) |
| Saint Augustine | The first Spanish settlement in what is now the U.S. (53) |
| Spain | Columbus claimed land in the Americas for this country. (46-47) |
