| A | B |
|---|
| 1001 | 1001- Lief Ericson and the Vikings explored North America |
| 1492 | 1492- Columbus discovered Caribbean |
| 1503 | 1503 - Amerigo Vespucci first to use the term ‘New World’ |
| 1513 | 1513 - de Leon explored Florida |
| 1519 | 1519 - Magellan navigated around the world |
| 1534 | 1534 - Cartier explored G. Lakes and S. L. River |
| 1539 | 1539 - de Soto explored southeastern N. America |
| 1587 | 1587 - Raleigh established Roanoke Colony (NC) |
| Colonization | Colonization - the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area |
| Colony | Colony - a group of people sent out by a government to a new territory |
| Latin | Latin - an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd century b.c.. (200 b.c to 101 b.c.) or1st century b.c. (100 b.c to .b.c), and established as the official language of the Roman Empire |
| Mundus novus | Mundus novus - "New World", Latin |
| indigenous | indigenous - the First people, Aboriginal people, Native people, who are native to a particular place |
