| A | B |
|---|
| Renaissance | "rebirth" - time when Europe started to focus more on the physical world and less on religion |
| hierarchy | order of society |
| Crusades | European military attacks on the Middle East in an effort to spread Christianity |
| Reformation | splitting Europe between Catholics and Protestants |
| secular | non-religous |
| Christopher Columbus | Spanish explorer who "found" the Americas |
| colonizaton | controlling areas of land in other parts of the world |
| Columbian Exchange | trade network between the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | treaty between Spain and Portugal agreeing to split their lands in the Amercas |
| Hernando Cortes | Spanish explorer who attacked the Aztec |
| conquistadors | Spanish explorers who tried to claim new territory for Spain |
| New Spain | Cortes' name for the Aztec capitol |
