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Chapter 2 Vocabulary
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11/11/2009

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Christoper Columbus
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his discovery led to European colonization of the Americas.
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Balboa
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Explored Panama and was the first European to see Pacific Ocean.
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Megellan
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Was looking for an all water route to Asia through the Americas. One of his ships was the first vessel to sail around the world.
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Strait
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a narrow passage that connects two body of water.
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circumnavigate
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travel around
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Conquistador
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soldier adventures
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Cortés
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He was the Spanish conquistador that conquered the Aztecs.
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Moctezuma
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Aztec leader met with Cortés and tried to get him to leave, by offering him gold.
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Plantation
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large farms worked by laborers who live on the property.
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Encomienda
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land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans.
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Las Casas
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Was a Spaniard that protest the brutal treatment of the Native Americans.
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Mission
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religious settlements
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Peninsular
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Highest social class in the Spanish empire. They were born in Spain and helped the highest jobs in the empire.
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Mercantilism
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held that colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful.
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John Cabot
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An Italian explorer who sailed for england. He explored northern areas of the Atlantic which include Newfoundland.
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Northwest Passage
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a sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific that passed through or around North America.
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Henry Hudson
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English explorer who sailed for Holland. He discovered the Hudson River and other areas in New York and Canada. His crew mutined against him and he was never seen again.
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Samuel de Champlain
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A French explorer that made 11 voyages to the new world. He started the colony of Quebec and Lake Champlain in upstate NY, is named after him.
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Coureur de Bois
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The French term for "runners of the woods," were independent traders who lived among the Indians.
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Jacques Marquette
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A French missionary that explored the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River.
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Alliance
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an agreement between parties that benifits them both.
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Rigid
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not bending; not flexible
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Restore
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to give back something taken away
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Province
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territorial district of a country
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Motive
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inner drive that causes a person to do something.
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