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32 Cards in this Set

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Christopher Columbus
Started a historic series of westward sailings and expeditions.
Tiano
American Indians Columbus encountered. They were farmers and fishers. Very peaceful.
Guacanagari
Chief of the Indians of Hispaniola.
Encomienda
Under this system ,colonists received the right to have a certain number of American Indians working for them.
Batolome de Las Casas
Gave religious instruction to the Indian slaves.
The Treaty of Tordesillas
Moved the earlier Line of Damarcation farther West.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Explored the area now know as Panama.
Ferdinand Magellan
A Portuguese mariner that thought he could find a path around the Americas if he sailed West. Ended up sailing around the world.
Circumnavigate
To sail completely around.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
A Galveston Island where Panfilo de Narvaez became shipwrecked.
Conquistadores
Spanish conquerors.
Hernan Cortes
One of the most available and adventurous conquistadors.
Malintzin
A young Aztec princess that provided Cortez with crucial info so he could conquer the Aztecs.
Moctezuma
The Aztec ruler that Cortez confronted.
Francisco Pizarro
The Spaniard that conquered the Inca.
Pedro Menendez de Aviles
A Spaniard that secured a settlement in Florida.
Juan de Onate
Established the first Spanish settlement in Mexico in 1598.
Pueblo Revolt
The Pueblo launched a series of attacks against the Spanish settlers. Some 400 Spaniards died.
Pope
A pueblo prophet that ordered attacks against the Spanish.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Explored much of the California coastline for Spain as early as 1542.
Friar Junipero Serra
A scholarly Franciscan missionary, he came to California with de Portola's expidition.
Viceroyalities
Spain's territory that were organized into large provinces.
Peons
Landless laborers.
Juana Ines de la Cruz
A Mexican-American woman that pursued a high education.
John Cabot
A mariner that joined the search for a route to Asia from America.
Northwest Passage
Explorers hoped the discovery of a Northwest passage would break the Spanish monopoly.
Protestant Reformation
A religious upheaval started by a German priest.
Martin Luther
Protested against the corruption in the Roman-Catholic church.
Francis Drake
Led heavily armed vessels that acted as pirates toward the Spanish. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on his ship.
The Spanish Armada
A fleet of some 130 ships and 27,000 men assembled by King Philip II of Spain.
Inflation
An increase in prices.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Explored the Atlantic seaboard for a suitable site to colonize.