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10 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus |
discovered america in 1492 |
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Vasco de Balbo |
a Spanish colonist |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
set out to find Atlantic-pacific passage |
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strait |
a narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water |
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circumnavigate |
or travel around |
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conquistador |
soldier adventures |
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Hernando Cortes |
sailed from cuba to mexico |
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Montezuma |
a Aztec ruler |
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plantation |
large farms worked by laborers who live on the property |
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encomium |
these where land and grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from native Americans (blacks) |
