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Chapter 2 Sections 1, 2, 3, And 4 Vocabulary
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08/27/2012

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Conquistador
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Spanish soldier that explored the Americas and claimed land for Spain.
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Hernando Cortes
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Conquistador who brought the Aztecs to ruin.
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian navigator who looked for a faster water route to Asia.
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Treaty Of Tordesillas
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1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide lands of the western hemisphere between them and moved the Line of Demarcation to the west.
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Mercantilism
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Economic system that increased money in a country's treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Italian sailor who explored what is now America.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquistador who defeated the Inca.
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Missionary
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Person sent by the church to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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Alliance
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People or nations involved in a pact or treaty.
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Henry Hudson
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English explorer who sailed for the duthch and landed at the coast of present-day New York.
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John Cabot
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Italian sailor who sailed for the English and is believed to have landed in Newfoundland, Canada.
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Giovanni de Verrazzano
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Italian sailor who sailed for the Fench with hopes of finding an all-water route to Asia.
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Jaques Cartier
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French sailor who sailed up the St. Lawrence River to present day Montreal.
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Spanish Armada
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Large fleet of ships sent to invade England and restore Catholiscism.
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Samuel de Champlin
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Founder of fur-trading post at Quebec.
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New France
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First permanent French colony in North America.
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New Netherland
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First permanent Dutch colony in North America.
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Galleon
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Sailing ship.
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Encomienda
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Grant of Native American slave labor
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Hacienda
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Large farm or estate.
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Mission
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Settlement created by the Spanish church in order to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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Spanaird who fought for Native Americans rights.
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Columbian Exchange
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Transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the Western and Eastern hemispheres.
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Plantation
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Large farm that raises cash crops.
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Export
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To send abroad for trade or sale.
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Slavery
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Practice of one person being owned by another.
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Middle Passage
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Middle leg of the triangular trade route that brought captured Africans to Americas to serve as slaves.
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Slave Codes
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Law passed to regulate the treatment of slaves.
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Racism
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Belief that some people are inferior because of their race.
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Maroon
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Runaway or fugitive slave.
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