the process of planning a course of travel and finding one’s location

• caravel

• navigation

• technology

• expedition

means “conqueror” in Spanish

• Moctezuma

• ranchero

• Columbus

• conquistador

a settlement or area far from the country that rules it

• colony

• mission

• nation

• empire

a disease unknowingly brought by the Spaniards to the Americas

• Spanish flu

• polio

• smallpox

• corona virus

a large estate or farm that needs many workers to be profitable

• garden

• mission

• plantation

• ranch

an organized or planned journey

• navigation

• expedition

• course

• Silk Road

a group of nations or peoples that are ruled by a single group or leader

• empire

• colony

• country

• continent

a ship with a triangular sail that was smaller, lighter, and faster

• patron

• caravel

• navigation

• expedition

a person who gives money to support another person or a cause

• merchant

• conquistador

• explorer

• patron

He is one of the first Europeans to explore North America. He founded a settlement in Canada.

• Christopher Columbus

• Leif Ericcson

• Prince Henry of Portugal

• Ferdinand Magellan