| Renaissance | | The first permanent French settlement in the New World |
| Ferdinand Magellen | | Queen of England at time of Spanish Armada |
| Montezuma | | Attacked Spanish ships and took their gold and silver |
| Amerigo Vaspucci | | First permanent European settlement in the United States |
| Phillip II | | Land Christopher Columbus discoverd |
| Leif Ericson | | Discovered the New World |
| Jacques Cartier | | Great Spanish fleet of ships which fought in the English Channel |
| Martin Luther | | Nailed the Ninety-five Theses to the church door |
| Northwest Passage | | The first European settlement in California |
| Middle Class | | Claimed the entire Mississippi Valley for France |
| Huguenots | | Conquered the Aztec Indians |
| Marco Polo | | Revived European interest in trade with the East |
| Protestant Reformation | | First European to travel length of Asia |
| Elizabeth I | | A supposed water route through North America to the Pacific |
| Ferdinand and Isabella | | Best known city of French heritage in America |
| New France | | From whom America received her name |
| Vasco de Balboa | | Term which means "Rebirth" which emphasized abilities of man and ignored God |
| Christopher Columbus | | Movement began in 1517 which brought a revival of Biblical Christanity |
| Ponce de Leon | | A Scandinavian who first landed in North America |
| New Orleans | | Discovered the Pacific Ocean |
| Robert Cavelier de la Salle | | Sought the Fountain of Youth and made the first Spanish landing in North America |
| Crusades | | Conquered the Inca Indians of Peru |
| St Augustine | | Powerful chieftain of the Aztec's |
| Juan Cabrillo | | Spanish king and queen who sponsered expedition to New World |
| San Diego | | Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi Valley claimed by the French |
| Invincible Armada | | Established Quebec Canada and is the "Father of New France" |
| Hernando Cortes | | Founded a navigation school |
| San Salvador | | Son of Charles V and dedicated power of Spain to defeat Protestantism |
| Conquistadors | | Journey to sail around the world and proved the earth was round |
| Samuel de Champlain | | Discovered the St. Lawerence River |
| Francisco Coronado | | Introduced the movable-type printing press |
| Santa Fe | | Discovered the Missipssippi |
| Sir Francis Drake | | "Conquerors" |
| Hernando de Soto | | Merchants and traders |
| Prince Henry the Navigator | | Explored California and opened it to Spanish settlement |
| Quebec | | French Protestants who came to the New World to escape religious persecution |
| Johann Gutenberg | | Served as the capital of the Spanish colonies in the American Southwest |
