Definitions

Maize – Corn, a tall plant with a solid stem and narrow leaves that bears seeds on large ears
Leaf Erickson - Viking who led an expedition to the new land touching the shore of Baffin Island and later Labrador
Northwest Passage (Beringia) - An expance of land between present day Siberia and Alaska, was used as an avenue for migration before it was covered by water
Amerigo Vespucci – Italian Explorer of the South American coast; America was named after him
Treaty of Tordesillas – The treaty, signed by Spain and Protugal in 1494, that moved the line separating Spanish and Portuguese territory in the non-Christian world and gave Portugal a claim to Brazil
Hernando De Soto – The Spanish sent to claim the Mississippi in 1539; he penetrated into the heart of the mound builders’ territory in present day Louisiana and Mississippi
Armada – a fleet of warships
Headright System – Virginia Company programs u...