Age Of Discovery

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Christopher Columbus

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Made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Vasco de Balboa

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A Spanish colonist who explored the Caribbean.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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An explorer who set out to find an Atlantic/ Pacific passage.

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Strait

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A narrow passage that connects two large bodies of water.

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Circumnavigate

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Is to travel around.

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Conquistador

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A soldier like adventurer.

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Hernando Cortez

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A Spanish explorer and conqueror.

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Moctezuma

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The Aztec ruler.

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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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These were lands grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans.

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Bartolome de Casas

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A priest that traveled through New Spain working for reform.

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Mission

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A religious settlement.

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Peninsular

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Spanish colonist born in Spain.

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Mercantilism

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Held the colonies existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful.

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Northwest Passage

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A sea route from the Atlantic tho the Pacific that passed through or around North America.

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Henry Hudson

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Made four voyages to find a Northwest Passage.

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Samuel de Champlain

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Made the first of 11 voyages to map the St. Lawrence River.

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Courier 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 who founded two missions along the Great Lakes.

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Alliance

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An agreement between parties that benefits them both.