A | B |
conquered the Aztecs | Cortez |
Viking sailor | Leif Eriksson |
Spanish and Native American parents | mestizos |
narrow sea passage | strait |
In 1626 Governor Peter Minuit bought from the Manhates people an island now known as | New York City |
explorer's crew was the first to sail around the world | Ferdinand Magellan |
believed that faith rather than good deeds was the way to salvation | Martin Luther |
explorer discovered the long-awaited eastern sea route to Asia | Vasco da Gama |
invention helped Marco Polo's Travels gain wider circulation | printing press |
the French want to establish in the Americas | a fishing and fur trade |
explorer founded Quebec | Champlain |
England, France, and the Netherlands hoped to discover a | northwest passage to Asia |
publicly condemned the cruel treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish | Bartolomé de Las Casas |
explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of Africa | Bartholomeu Dias |
Christopher Columbus sailed to America with the Niña, Pinta, and | Santa María |