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20 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus |
Discovered America |
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Vasco de Balboa |
A Spanish colonist |
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Fredinand Magellan |
Portuguese explorer |
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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 |
Sailed from Cuba to Mexico |
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Moctezuma |
Aztec leader |
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Plantation |
Large farms |
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encomienda |
Land grants |
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Bartolme de Casas |
Traveled through New Spain |
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mission |
Religious settlements |
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peninsular |
Spanish colonists |
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mercantilism |
Held the colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powrful |
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northwest passage |
A sea route |
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Henry Hudson |
made four voyages |
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Samuel de Champlain |
Made the first of 11 voyages |
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Courier de bois |
Means runner of the woods |
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Jacques Marquette |
had founded two missions along the Great Lakes |
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Alliance |
an agreement between parties that benefits them both |
