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20 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Colombus |
It was thought 50 years ago, that he was the man who discovered the Americas. |
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Vasco de Balboa |
He was a Spanish colonist and explorer in the year 1510. |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
A Portuguese explorer who set off in September of 1519, in order to find an Atlantic - Pacific passage. |
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Strait |
a narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water. |
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Circumnavigate |
travel around |
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Conquistador |
soldier - adventurers |
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Hernando Cortes |
a conquistador in the year 1519. |
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Moctezuma |
The Aztec leader. |
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Plantations |
large farms worked by laborers who live on the property. |
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Encomiendas |
Land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans. |
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Bartolome de Casas |
He traveled through New Spain, working for reform. |
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Missions |
Religious settlements |
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Peninsulares |
Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain. |
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Mercantilism |
Colonies that existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful. |
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Northwest passage |
a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America. |
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Henry Hudson |
an English explorer who made four voyages in search of a northwest passage. |
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Samuel de Champlain |
French explorer who was popular in the early 1600's. |
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Couriers de bois |
the French term for "runners of the woods," were independent traders who lived among the Indians. |
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Jacques Marquette |
a French missionary who had founded two missions along the Great Lakes in 1617, in present day Michigan. |
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Allliance |
an agreement between parties that benefits them both. |
