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32 Cards in this Set
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cartographers
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mapmaker
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astrolabe
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instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars
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caravel
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improved type of sailing ships in the 1400's
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scurvy
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disease caused by lack of vitamin c in someone's diet
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circumnavigate
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travel all the way around the world
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Vasco da Gama
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Explorer that sailed from Portugal to Western India-Cape of Good Hope
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Christopher Columbus
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An Italian navigator who sailed to the islands now known as the West Indies;set path for Spanish conquest of the Americas
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Amerigo Vespucci
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The MAPMAKER that labeled the region of America
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Ferdinand Magellen
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Explorer that set out from Spain to the coast of South America
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Treaty that claimed Brazil as property of Portugal.
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Peons
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workers forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt
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encomienda
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right that Spanish government granted to its American colonist colonist to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans
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plantation
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large estate run by an owner and worked by laborers who live there
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viceroys
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representatives for the king that rules over one of Spain's provinces in America
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Civil War
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war fought between two groups of people in the same nation
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Alliances
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formal agreement between two or more nations that make them cooperate with one another
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immunity
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natural protection
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Conquistador
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Spanish conquerors of America
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Aztecs
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South American tribe
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Incas
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South American tribe
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Jacques Cartier
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Explored the St Lawrence River
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Privateers
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pirates
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Missionary
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someone sent on a religious mission
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Triangular trade
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Colonial trade route among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves
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inflation
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the value of the dollar goes down
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capitalism
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economic system which the means of production is privately owned and operated for profit
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entrepreneurs
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person who assumes financial risks in the hope of making a profit
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tariffs
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tax on imported goods
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Reconquista
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Spanish people getting rid of all the muslims
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Hernan Cortes
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Head Spanish leader in America that many people looked up to
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Moctezuma
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Aztec Emperor
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Francisco de Pizzaro
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Spanish leader in the Americas
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