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24 Cards in this Set
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to sail around |
circumnavigate |
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peninsula in southwestern europe consisting of the countries of spain and portugal |
iberian peninsula |
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an ethnic group mixed of arab and berber stock living in northwestern africa. conquered spain, but were eventually driven out |
moors |
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prince henry initiated a program of exploration to find a route to east indies by sailing around: |
africa |
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in 1487 bartholomew dias discovered the tip of africa, which he called: |
cape of good storms |
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by circumnavigating africa, vasco de gama was the first euro. to reach the east indies by sea t/f |
true |
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portugals only colony in the new world was: |
brazil |
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spanish conqueror in north or south america, especially in mexico or peru under cortes and pizarro in the 1500s |
conquistador |
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a policy whereby a certain number of indian slaves were granted to landowners to the king |
encomienda |
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a member of certain religious orders of the roman catholic church |
friars |
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the attacking of cherished beliefs or traditional institutions, based on either error or superstition |
iconoplasm |
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a person of spanish or american indian descent |
mestizo |
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a person of one white and one black person's blood |
mulatto |
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wealth |
opulence |
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the condition or service of people doing work that requires little skill (to work off debts) |
peonage |
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conquered the incas |
francisco pizarro |
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incan emperor |
atahualpa |
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wanted to sail around the world |
ferdinand magellan |
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city of mexico |
tenochtitlan |
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great blond god of the aztecs |
quetzalcoatl |
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discovered the new world |
christopher columbus |
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aztec king and warrior |
cuauhtemoc |
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conquered the aztecs |
hernando cortes |
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home of incas |
andes mountains |
