| A | B |
|---|
| explorer | a person who travels to new places |
| empire | a group of lands with one ruler |
| time line | a chart of a period of time |
| century | 100 years |
| settlement | a new place to live |
| Leif | Norse Explorer |
| Columbus | Spanish Explorer |
| Cabot | English Explorer |
| Ponce de Leon | Spanish Explorer |
| Cortes | Spanish Explorer |
| De Vaca & Esteban | Spanish Explorers |
| Cartier | French Explorer |
| Coronado | Spanish Explorer |
| Champlain | French Explorer |
| Hudson | Netherlands Explorer |
| Cortes | landed in the Aztec Empire |
| Montezuma | ruler of the Aztec Empire |
| Cabot | found fishing grounds |
| Cartier | sailed up the St. Lawrence River |
| St. Augustine | first European settlement |
| 2 things France wanted | fur and a route to the Pacific |
| Joliet and Marquette | traveled the Mississippi River |
