| A | B |
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| Christopher Columbus | First to sail across the Atlantic Ocean. He claimed land in the Americas for Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain. |
| Columbian Exchange | people, diseases, plants and crops which travel across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Slavery | The treatment of a person as property. |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Actec nation. |
| Francisco Pizarro | Conquered the Incan people. |
| conquistador | Spanish soldiers/explorers especially those who conquered the native peoples of the Americas. |
| missionaries | people who travel to a place to convert natives to their religion. |
| trappers | adventurers who capture and kill animals, such as beaver, for their fur. |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer who made the first claim for France in North America. He also discovered the valuable beaver trade. |
| St. Augustine, Florida | oldest european settlement in the United States |
| Samuel de Champlain | French explorer who built Quebec. |
| coureurs de bois | fur trappers, in French, wood rangers |
| Huron | Native Americans who became friends and business partners with the French |
| Iroquois | Native American rivals of the Huron and enemies of the Huron and French. |
| Francisco de vazquez Coronado | Spanish conquistador who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola in the American Southwest |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish conquistador who explored Florida. |
