| A | B |
| Gold, God and Glory | Goals of European explorers |
| Arawak | Caribbean tribal group |
| missionary | religious teacher |
| Columbian Exchange | horses to Americas |
| conquistador | Spanish soldier/conquerers |
| encomienda | forced labor farms |
| Native americans | forced laborers |
| Taino | no written record |
| disease and death | Europeans bring this to west |
| Cortez's power | good Spanish weapons |
| Coronado in S.W. North America | 7 Cities of Gold |
| Indians die and cannot work | Spanish bring African slaves |
| Bartolome de Las Cassas | Supporter of Native Americans |
| canoe, havvock, hurricane | Taino words |
| Columbus | Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria |
| King Ferdinand/ Queen Isabella | $ for Columbus |
| Log | record of a voyage |
| Amerigo Vespucce | Knows he's not in Asia |
| San Salvador Island | Columbus sights land |
| 2 ship's logs | Columbus fools his sailors |
| Tomatos, corn, wild turkey | from Americas to Europe |
| Horse, wheat, onions | form Europe to Americas |
| Colony | Settlement far from ruling country |
| horse | changes plains tribal culture |
| "New World" | European term for Americas |
| Tenochtitlan | Aztec capital |
| Moctezuma | Aztec emperor |
| Tribute | taxes |
| Moctezuma's mistake | Welcome Spanish as gods |
| Cortez's goal | gold |
| Dona Marina (Malinche) | persuasive Indian transltor. |
| New Spain | Spanish colonies |
| Yucatan peninsula, Mexico | home of the Maya |
| Francisco Pizarro | Incan conqueror |
| Inca | Andes Mountans of Peru/Chile |
| Inca capital | Cuzco |
| Spanish Empire in West | Arizona S. to Chile |
| Historical Maps | Show past events |
| scarcity | limited supply of something |
| Hernando De Soto | "finds" Mississippi R. |
| Juan Ponce De Leon | "finds" Florida |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | "finds" Pacific Ocean |
| Spanish Colonial Cities | Cathedral, govt. buildings around plaza |