| A | B |
| Motecuhzoma | leader of the Aztecs |
| Herrando Cortez | spanish conquistado that conquored the Astecs |
| Francisco Pizarro | spanish conquistador who ordered his soldiers to kill Inca emperor |
| Atahuallpa | Inca leader killed by spanish |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | looking for the fountain of youth |
| Francisco de Coronado | explorer set out to find 7 cities of gold |
| Hernando Desoto | discovered the Southeast part of Florida |
| Missionaries | came to convert natives to christianity |
| Africans | brought to Americas against their will to work for colonists |
| Jaques Cartier | discovered the Northwest Passage |
| Samual Champlain | founded Quebec and Canada |
| Sir Walter Raleigh | found a colony at Roanoke Island |
| Tisquantum | taught Pilgrims to fish and plant crops |
| Indian people | enslaved by the spanish |
| Fountain of youth | spanish discovered Florida while looking for this place |