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20 Cards in this Set
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Christopher Columbus |
A voyager who could have found America first |
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Vasco de Balboa |
A Spanish colonist |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
Set out to find an Atlantic Pacific passage |
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Strait |
A narrow passage that connects two bodies of water |
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Circumnavigate |
To travel around |
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Conquistador |
Soldier adventures |
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Hernando Cortes |
Sailer, sailed from Cuba to Mexico with more than 500 soldiers |
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Moctezuma |
Aztec leader |
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Plantation |
Large farms worked by laborers who live on the property |
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Encomienda |
Land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans |
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Bartolome De Casas |
Traveler, traveled through New Spain working for reform |
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Mission |
Religious settlements |
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Peninsular |
Spanish colonists born in spain |
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Mercantilism |
Held that colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful |
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Northwest Passage |
sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America |
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Henry Hudson |
Made four voyages in search of a northwest passage |
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Samuel De Champlain |
Made the first of 11 voyages to explore the map and lands along St. lawrence River |
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Courier De Bois |
Runner of the woods, Independent traders who lived among the Indians |
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Jacques Marquette |
Founded two missions along the Great Lakes |
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Alliance |
Agreement between parties that benefits them both |
