| A | B |
|---|
| Columbus | sailed for Spain; discovered the New World |
| De Gama | rounded Africa; reaches India |
| Magellan | first to circumnavigate the globe |
| Cortez | conquered the Aztecs; Mexico |
| Pizzaro | conquered the Inca; Peru |
| Cartier | St. Lawrence River; claimed Canada for France |
| Middle Passage | actually shipment of slaves transported to the Americas |
| conquistador | Spanish conqueror |
| Columbian Exchange | global exchange that begins shortly after Columbus discovers the New World |
| Treaty of Tordesilla | Pope divides the non-European World between Spain and Portugal |
| Diaz | first to round the southern tip of Africa - Cape of Good Hope |
| Henry the Navigator | sponsored many voyages of exploration |
| Balboa | traveled across Panama;first to reach Pacific Ocean |
