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Conquest of the Mainland
Chapter 2 in American Nation
9
History
10th Grade
09/14/2010
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circumnavigate
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to sail completely areound the world
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conquistadores
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spanish conquerors
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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anagreement between spain and portugal splitting land
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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explored Panama and first to sail the Pacific
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Ferdinand Magellen
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Portugese mariner, first to sail the world
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Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
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ship sunk with 80 men, 15 survived
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Hernan Cortez
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most able and adventurous conquistador
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Malintzin
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Aztec princess
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MOctezuma 2
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Aztec ruler
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