People
Convinced he could reach Asia by sailing west of Europe and mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492
Christopher Columbus
A large farm that grows one cash crop
Plantations
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A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area (start a colony)
Charter
Norwegian Viking explorer who what the first European to explore the Americas
Leif Eriksson
Where the body can fight off infection and disease
Immune
Spanish explored who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533
Francisco Pizarro
To sail around the world
Circumnavigate
Ships with triangular sails that could sail against the wind
Caravels
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The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure
Middle passage
An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the old world to the New World
Colombian Exchange
Prince of Portugal who helped promote exploration
Henry the Navigator
Spanish soldiers who went on military expeditions to the Americas
Conquistadors
The scattering of enslaved native African peoples around the world
African Diaspora
This fleet was sent to evade England, destroy their navy, and overthrow queen Elizabeth
Spanish armada
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Aztec emperor who died while in custody of the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes
Moctezuma II
This Portuguese explorers crew was the first to circumnavigate the world
Ferdinand Magellan
An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets
Astrolabe
Dividing the Atlantic ocean allowoing Spain to claim all land west of the line
Line of Demarcaton
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Who was the score of the Chiefs-Ravens game?
34-20
This moved the line of demarcation 800 miles
Treaty of Tordesillas
Spanish conquistador who left Cuba to sailed to present-day Mexico, defeated Aztecs, and conquered Mexico
Hernan Cortes
The right given to conquistadors and colonists by the Spanish government to tax the local Native Americans in exchange for protection
Encomienda System
Religious movement that was started by Martin Luther
Protestant reformation
Frenchman who explored Canada
Jacques Cartier
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When is/was Mrs. Martins birthday?
August 26th