| A | B |
| huitzilopochtli | god of sun,war,chief god,aztec |
| mayans | yucatan,chicken itza-largest city,calender,# system w/0 |
| aztecs | mexico,tenochtitlan, |
| Quetzalcoatl | god of peace,learning(cortez return) |
| Montezuma II | chief when the spanish arrived |
| Incas capital city | cuzco |
| manco capae | 1st inca king son of sun god |
| pachacuti | greatest inca, expanded the empire,code of law |
| Machu Picchu | fortress in andes,inca hideaway for king |
| Huascar and Atahualpa | 2 bros fighting for control of incan empire |
| leif ericsson | sailed around greenland,iceland-noone knew bout himb/c of the middle ages |
| Portugal | 1st to send explorers for new trade route |
| prince henry | navigation school |
| bartholemeu diaz | rounded africa, charted it as seperate country |
| vasco da gama | all water route to far east |
| pedro cabral | claimed brazil for portugal |
| christopher columbus | idea:to sail west 3000 miles reach far east |
| deal- | 3 ships, 90 men,aug. 3rd, if succesful 10% profit gov.of new land |
| ferdinand and isabella | king and queen financed columbus,90% profit-spain |
| land spotted | oct.12,1492 |
| san salvador | 1st island christopher columbus landed on -peacful natives |
| achievements | started european migration to new world,christianity to nw,claimed a lot of land for spain |
| balboa | discovered pacific ocean |
| magellan | 1st to sail around world |
| de leon | discovered florida st. augustine |
| cortes | conquered aztecs |
| pizarro | conquered incas |
| almagro | pizarros partner |
| creoles | spanish born in the new world |
| mestizo | spanish and indian mix |
| religion | catholic |
| government | king---viceroy(lima)-viceroy(mexico city)---governor |
| bartholomeu de LaCasas | protector of indians |
| Verrazano | claimed coast along NA for the french |
| Cartier | sailed down st. lawerence river claimed it for the french |
| Marquetle and Joliet | explored great lakes claimed it for the french |
| champlain | set up 1st permanent french settlement at qubec |
| la salle | sailed down miss.river claimed it for french |
| hudson | claimed area next to ny and nj for the dutch |
| minuit | bought the area manhattan from the indians |
| john cabot | claimed north american coast for english |
| martin frobisher | claimed newfoundland,labrador,and greenland for english |
| seadogs | english pirates |
| drake and hawkins | most famous seadogs |
| philip II | king of spain; loosing gold to seadogs |
| Queen elizabeth I | queen of england supportedseadgs |
| spanish armada | 1588 phillip sent 130ships 30,000 sailorsto attack english english won |
| importance of armada | spain begins decline,english begin to colonize new world |
| raleigh | friend of queen,trys to set up colony roanoke,sometimes called lost colony |
| virginia | 1st permanent english colony,joint stock colony |
| newport | captian of voyage |
| may 1607 | newport arrives at chesapeake bay area built james fort later james town upriver |
| john rolfe | introduced tobbaco as a cash crop |
| house of burgesses | 1st representive body in new world |