Social Studies Chapter 4

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presidio

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Spanish fort in the Americas built to protect misson settlements.

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Samuel de Champlain

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Named Lake Champlain after himself.

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borderlands

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Lands along the edges of a territory or claimed piece of land.

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Creole

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mid-ranking person in Spanish colonial America born in New Spain of Spanish parents.

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San Diego

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the first mission built between San Diego and San Francisco.

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Giovanni da Verrazano

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Explored the east coast of North America, including New York harbor.

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Robert de La Salle

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Explored the Great Lakes and founded Louisiana after reaching the mouth of the Mississippi River.

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Atahualpa

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Incan ruler who had a civil war with his brother.

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Pedro Alvares Cabral

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Sailed to Brazil.

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John Cabot

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Rediscovered Newfoundland(east coast of North America)

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Francisco Pizarro

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The Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the attack against the Inca people.

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Vasco da Gama

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Sailed around Africa to India.

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Organized a large expedition to the Southwest to find the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. He explored the southwestern part of North America.

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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Explored Puerto Rico and Florida.

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Samuel de Champlain

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Explored the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec.

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Hernando do Soto

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Went in search of the seven cities of gold. He started the search in Florida and for the next 2 years he claimed all the land he explored for Spain.

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Bartolome de Las Casas

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devoted his life to trying to change the Spaniards abuse of the Native Americans.

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Malintzin

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Native American princess who met Cortes.She spoke both Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec, and the Mayan language.

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Sailed around the southern tip of Africa.

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Henry Hudson

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Explored the Hudson River.

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viceroy

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A governor of the Spanish empire ruling in the Americas.

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Francisco Coronado

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Explored southwestern North America.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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First to sail around the world.

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Jacques Cartier

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Explored the St. Lawrence River.

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Christopher Columbus

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Explored the islands of the Caribbean Sea.

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Hernando de Soto

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Explored Central America and led expedition to the Mississippi River.

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Hernan Cortes

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Instead of a god, Cortes was a Spanish conquistador, a Spanish term for conqueror.

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Pueblos

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Home built of adobe by Native Americans, or a community of these homes.

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Missions

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Religious community, often near a small town and surrounding a church.

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Explored Spanish northern Mexico and Brazil.

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peninsulare

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government and church offical in Spanish colonial America who had been born in Spain.

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mestizo

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person in the Spanish colonies of both Spanish and Native American parents.

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Jacques Marquette/Louis Joliet

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Explored the Mississippi River

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Juan Cabrillo

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Explored the west coast of North America.