| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Roman Catholic Church | church that Europeans were members of |
| San Salvador | place where Columbus first landed |
| Spain | country Columbus sailed for |
| Portugal | country Columbus was from |
| Indians | what Columbus called the natives in the Caribban |
| Leif Eriksson | first man to travel to america in 1000 AD |
| October 12th, 1492 | day Columbus discovered America |
| India | place Columbus thought he had landed |
| Amerigo Vespucci | man America was named for by a cartographer |
| Jacques Cartier | explored the St. Lawrence river |
| Protestant Reform | divided the Catholic Church |
| Martin Luther | German priest who challenged the ideas of the Catholic Church |
| Lutherans | Martin Luther's followers |
| John Calvin | leader of the Presbyterians in Switzerland |
| Presbyterians (Huguenots) | John Calvin's followers |
| Ponce de Leon | discovered Florida |
| Fountain of Youth | what Ponce de Leon was searching for |
| Hernando de Soto | explored the southeast and was the first white man to see the Mississippi River |
| Santa Elena | outpost on the Carolina coast by the Spanish |
| Pedro Menendez de Aviles | governor of La Florida |
| St. Augustine | spanish military post; first settlement in NA and the oldest still around |
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