Module Two - Vocabulary

2. reformers who protested certain practices of the Catholic Church
5. a large Spanish fleet defeated by England in 1588
7. a Norwegian explorer, son of Erik the Red and the first European to explore the Americas
8. new ships that used triangular sails that allowed ships to sail against the wind
12. a Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain
13. a religious movement begun by Martin Luther and others in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church
18. to travel all the way around the globe
19. Spanish conquistador who conquered Mexico and brought the fall of the Aztec Empire
20. Portuguese captain that is credited with being the first person to sail around the world
21. Italian explorer who reached North America first and is credited with discovering the Americas
22. an official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony
23. boundary between Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World(Americas)

1. a nonexistent path through North America that early explorers searched for that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific
3. a large farm that usually specialized in growing one kind of crop for profit
4. French navigator who made three voyages to Canada for France
6. a treaty between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation
9. a system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians or demand their labor
10. a device that enabled navigators to learn their ship's location by charting the position of the stars
11. Emperor of the Aztec Empire who welcomed Cortes and was later killed
14. the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia and Africa
15. Catholic priest who advocated for the welfare and protection of Native Americans
16. Spanish conquistador who sailed the Balboa on the discovery of the Pacific Ocean
17. king of Portugal who established a school of navigation and financed trips of exploration