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40 Cards in this Set
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tidewater
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a narrow eastern coastal plain creased by many river valleys
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Bering Strait
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land bridge that allowed for migration from the far East to North America
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nomadic
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constantly moving settlements in search for food
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Maize
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Indian corn that fed much of the Indian population
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Anasazis
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desert dwelling Indian tribe of the southwest
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L'Anse aux Meadows
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landing place of Scandinavian seafarrers
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Spice Islands
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indonesia
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Genoa
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sold Asian spices for expensive prices, Italy
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Marco Polo
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Italian adventurer, China
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Bartholomeu Diaz
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first person to round the souther tip of Africa
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Infidels
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the muslims that didnt accept christianity
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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king and queen of spain, unite spain, columbus
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Columbus
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discoverd America, thought he found India
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Sugar Revolution
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sugar grew well in the warm Caribbean climate, slaves worked fields
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conquistadores
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spanish conquerors that claimed land for Spain
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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treaty between spain and portugal that divided the New WOrld in half down the Atlantic
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Balboa
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discovered Pacific Ocean
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Magellan
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first to circumnavigate the world
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Ponce de Leon
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explored florida
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fountain of youth
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myth that ponce de leon searched for
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coronado
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explore southwest america for gold, discovered grand canyon and buffalo
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de soto
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came to america in search of fold, crossed mississippi river, murdered by indians
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pizarro
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conquered the incas in south america and got silver
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potosi
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found present day bolivia
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west indies
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islands in the caribbean sea
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encomienda
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allowed government to give indians to colonist in return they christianized them- slavery
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bartolome de las casas
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spanish missionary who dislike encomienda. "a moral presilence invented by satan"
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moors
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"the dark ones" muslims who were driven from the iberian peninsula
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cortez
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overthrew moctezuma and the aztecs
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malinche
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indian slave who knew the mayan and aztec language- cortezs translator
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Tenochtitlan
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aztec capital
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moctezuma
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aztec chieftan
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dia de la raza
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mexican holiday, birthday of a new race
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john cabot
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sent by english to ecplore northeastern america
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jacques cartier
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traveled up the st lawrence river
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st augustine
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spanish fort to keep out the french and block the caribbean
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battle of acoma
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spanish claimed new mexico, brital to indians (one foot of each survivor cut off)
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Black Legend
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misconception that all the spanish did was torture the native americas
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dark continent
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europeans name for africa
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Vasco da gama
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portuguese explorer first to reach india
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