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Exploring the Americas
Exploring the Americas
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History
7th Grade
11/03/2010

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Encomienda
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System of rewarding conquistadors with tracts of land and the right to tax and demand labor from Native Americas who lived on the land
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Presidio
Definition
Spanish fort in the Americans built to protect missions settlement
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Viceroy
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Person who rules a country or province as the representative
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Line of Demarcation
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An imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to South Pole diving the Americans between Spain and Portugal
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Caravel
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A small, fast ship with a broad show
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Plantation
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A large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there
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Coureur De Bois
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French trapper living among Native Americans
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Pilgrimage
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A journey to a holy place
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Pilgrimage
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A journey to a holy place
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Mosque
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A Muslim house of worship
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Pueblo
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Home or community of homes built by Native Americans
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Astrolabe
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An instrument used by sailors to observe positive of stars
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Strait
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A narrow passage connecting two larger bodies of water
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