1. To go completely around something, such as the world
Circumnavigate
To go completely around something, such as the world

2. Encomienda
a labor system in Spain and its empire. It rewarded conquerors with the labor of particular groups of subject people (aka native Americans)

3. Gold, Glory, and God; the motivations or causes behind Exploration
3 G’s
Gold, Glory, and God; the motivations or causes behind Exploration

4. Columbian Exchange
Contact between Europeans and Native peoples that led to the exchange of plants, animals, and disease

5. Archipelago
a group of islands.

6. Spanish soldiers who conquered people in other lands
Conquistadors
Spanish soldiers who conquered people in other lands

7. Cape of Good Hope
Southern tip of Africa first sighted by the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias in 1488

8. Primary Document
an artifact, document, or other source of information that was created at the time it describes; an original source of information about the topic.

9. Secondary Document
a source about an event, period, or issue in history that was produced after that event (i.e textbook)