| A | B |
|---|
| classical | relating to ancient Greece and Rome |
| chart | to map |
| alter | to change |
| astrolable | an instrument used by sailors to observe positions of stars |
| circumnavigation | to sail around the world |
| devote | to commit by a solemn act |
| conquestador | Spanish explorers in the Americas in the 1500s |
| encomedia | system of rewarding conquistadores with tracts of land and the right to tax and demand labor from Native Americans who lived on the land |
| found | established or set up |
| globe | the planet Earth |
| grant | special privilege or authority |
| impose | to establish or imply by authority |
| line of democracy | an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole dividing the Americas between Spain and Portugal |
| mosque | a Muslim house of worship |
| mission | religious settlement |
| mercantilism | the theory that a state's or nation's power depends on its wealth |
| Northwest passage | water brought to Asian through North America sought by European explorers |
| pueblo | home or community of homes built by Native Americans |
| plantation | a large estate run by an owner and formed by laborers |
| pilgrimage | a journey to a holy place |
| Quran | the book composed of sacred writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muhammad by Allah through the angel Gabriel |
| saga | a long, detailed story |
| strait | a narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water |
| technology | the use of science in commerce and industry |
| acquire | to come to have as a new or added characteristic, trait or ability |
| Columbian Exchange | exchange or goods, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americans |
| coureur de bois | French trapper living among Native Americans |
