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| 8023695467 | Prester John | the mythical Christian ruler of Ethiopia searched by the Portuguese | 0 | |
| 8023697798 | Henry the Navigator | the initiator of Portuguese maritime exploration in West Africa and Atlantic islands | 1 | |
| 8023697799 | Dias | Portugal explorer who rounded the Cape of Good Hope in 1498 | 2 | |
| 8023701232 | Da Gama | the first European to reach India by sea | 3 | |
| 8023701233 | Alvares Cabral | Portugal military commander who discovered Brazil and reached India after Da Gama | 4 | |
| 8023703569 | Goa | a state in Southwest India | 5 | |
| 8023703570 | Malacca | Malaysia | 6 | |
| 8023703571 | Calicut | a state in Southwest India (south to Goa) | 7 | |
| 8023705684 | Ormuz | an island in the Persian Gulf | 8 | |
| 8023707355 | Treaty of Tordesillas | the treaty that draws a line between the area between Brazil to China and the American hemisphere | 9 | |
| 8023709243 | Magellan | the Spanish explorer who found the direct way to Asia around Cape Horn in south America | 10 | |
| 8023768582 | Cortes | Spanish adventurer who conquered the Aztec Empire with 600 men | 11 | |
| 8025992469 | Montezuma | the Aztec emperor captured by the Spanish | 12 | |
| 8025998085 | Pizarro | another Spanish conquistador (explorer, conqueror) who defeated the Inca Empire | 13 | |
| 8026010839 | Atahualpa | the Inca leader killed by Pizarro | 14 | |
| 8026016523 | Potosi | (in Peru/Bolivia) where the richest silver mine in the New World was found | 15 | |
| 8026057718 | Bullion | gold or silver in bulk before coining, or valued by weight | 16 | |
| 8026061889 | Caravel | a Portugal three-masted ship that, though slower than a galley, could hold more cargo | 17 | |
| 8026074471 | Reconquista | the reconquest of Spain from the Muslims (Granada) | 18 | |
| 8026098173 | Missionaries | members of a religious group that convert people and perform ministry/service | 19 | |
| 8047163787 | Hybrid/Syncretism | the combination of Catholic figures with indigenous patterns | 20 | |
| 8047173887 | Virgin Mary/Pachamana | adaptation of Virgin Mary and the Indian "earth mother" makes it easier for Indians to identify Virgin Mary (e.g. mountain shaped, triangular-skirted Mary painting) | 21 | |
| 8047193415 | Santeria | worship of Saints, which blends the African pantheon with the iconography of Catholic saints | 22 | |
| 8047196142 | Encomienda | grants of Indians to the Spanish (as a reward of their conquer) | 23 | |
| 8047211394 | Council of the Indies | the council that makes policy and appoints governors in the Americas(?)/Caribbean | 24 | |
| 8047217752 | Viceroy | governor | 25 | |
| 8047219063 | Audiencia | Spanish royal court of appeals | 26 | |
| 8047223344 | New Laws | the Spanish law that prohibits the exploitation and enslavement of Indians; ignored in Mexico and Peru | 27 | |
| 8047228679 | Las Casas | Spanish Bishop who argues that Indians are like children who need protection and care | 28 | |
| 8047236648 | 1455 Papal Bull | a decree that confirms Portugal dominion in Africa (rights to enslave non-Christians) | 29 | |
| 8047247898 | Diaspora | the dispersion of people (from Africa into America) | 30 | |
| 8047252781 | Mestizo | European-Indian | 31 | |
| 8047252782 | Mulatto | African-European | 32 | |
| 8047253779 | Zambo | Indian-African | 33 | |
| 8047253780 | Castas | term referred to people of mixed origins | 34 | |
| 8047255035 | Peninsulares | white people born in Spain | 35 | |
| 8047255036 | Creoles | white people born in the New World | 36 | |
| 8047262347 | Ashanti | 37 | ||
| 8047270109 | Middle Passage (2 months) | 38 |
