| A | B |
|---|
| Palestine | Holy Land for Christians and Muslims |
| Timbuktu | leading center of Islamic culture |
| Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand | financed voyage of Christopher Columbus |
| Victoria | first ship to circle the world |
| Leif Eriksson | Norse trader and sailor who visited Vinland |
| Crusades | wars between Turkish Muslims and Christians |
| Marco Polo | wrote Description of the World |
| Vasco da Gama | Portuquese explorer who landed in India |
| Newfoundland | where John Cabot landed in 1497 |
| Michelangelo | Renaissance painter |
| Italy | Marco Polo's home |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | in 1513, crossed the Isthmus of Panama |
| Giovanni da Verrazano | first European to sail into a New York City harbor |
| Prince Henry | led Portugal's sailing efforts |
| Santo Domingo | first permanent European colony in the Western Hemisphere |
| Bartholome de Las Casas | Spanish priest who helped Native Americans |
| Isthmus of Panama | thin strip of land connecting North and South America |
| Ferdinand Magellan | named the Pacific Ocean |
| John Cabot | his voyages gave England its first claims in North America |
| Jacques Cartier | claimed Canada for France |
