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7th Grade
11/26/2010

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Renaissance
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Period of artistic creativity
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Technology
Definition
the use of science in commerce and industry
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Astrolabe
Definition
Early navigation tool
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Caravel
Definition
a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese
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Colombian Exchange
Definition
a dramatically widespread exchange of the animals, plants, culture and human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the  Eastern and Western hemispheres (Old World to New World). 
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Line of Demarcation
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In 1493 the Pope drew a line on the globe cutting the new world in half. Any territory discovered on the East side of the line was to be controlled by Portugal, while any lands found on the West side of the line were to be ruled over by Spain.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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In 1494 Spain and Portugal signed a treaty moving the line of demarcation further West. It divided the new world between these two powers.
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Conquistador
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meaning "conqueror" in the Spanish language

Spanish explorerin the americas in the 1500's

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Viceroy
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a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province  or state in the name of and as representative of the Monarch.
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pueblos
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term used to describe modern (and ancient) communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United states.

 

The first Spanish Explorers of the Southwest used this term to describe communities that consisted of apartment-like structures made from stone, adobe mud, and other local material. These structures were usually multi-storied buildings

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Missions
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spanish religious communities
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Presidio
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Spanish Fort
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Encomiendas
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a labor system that was employed mainly by the Spanish crown during the colonization of the Americas
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Plantation
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Large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who livied there
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 Leif Eriksson
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Vikings: Sailed west to America in 1001
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Marco Polo
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a Venetian that traveled to china and wrote about it in  the book TRAVELS
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Prince Henry of Portugal

Henry the Navigator

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sent ships to Azores, canary Islands, and west coast of Africa
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Bartholomeu Dias
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Explore the southermost part of africa and from there to sail northeast into the indian ocean.
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Vasco DaGama
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1498 made voyage around the Africa to india
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Columbus
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Reached the bahamas in 1492 went ashore on a small island named it san Salvador
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Hernando Cortes
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landed in mexico in 1519  completed conquest of aztec in 1521
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Francisco Pizarro
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Sailed down the pacific coast of south america. arrived in peru in 1530 , completed conquest of inca by 1535
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Juan Ponce de leon
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discovered Florida 1513 looking for the fountain of youth

first to visit the site of st augustine

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Hernando DeSoto
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led an expedition to the west, wondered through southwest US for 3 years. died of fever after reaching what is today oklahoma
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Ferdinand Magellan
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1520 First european peoples to circumnavigate around the world

magellan died in the philipine islands, crew continues to spain and arrives 1522

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Francisco Coronado
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explores northern mexico , present day Arizona and new mexico in search of fabled seven cities of gold

reach zuni city 1540

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Jacques Cartier
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Sailed up the St Lawrence river in hopes it would lead to the Pacific. Landed at what is present day Montreal
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Samuel de Champlain
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frech explorer and fur trader, built fort, established a settlement called quebec

he discoverd lake Champlain

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Verrazano
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 was sent on the first voyages by the King of France to find a western route to China. He had 4 ships, 2 of them were shipwrecked, but luckily 1 survived and it was sent back carrying prizes such as gold, silver, and spices. He sailed south until he reached Carolina. Verrazano was the first European to enter New York Harbor.

1524-1527

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Marquette and Joliet
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In 1672, he  was named leader of an expedition that would explore the northern part of the Mississippi River the following year. he asked Father ________  to be the chaplain of this group. Along with five others, They crossed Lake Michigan, and explored the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, before reaching the Mississippi River. They followed the Mississippi southward past the mouth of the Arkansas River, then returned northward.
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Robert LaSalle
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He was important because of his exploration of the Mississippi River in North America. He was the first European to sail down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the Mississippi River Basin, which he called the Louisiana Territory, for France. He is sometimes called "the Father of the Louisiana Territory."

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Pedro Cabral
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conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. The continent was South America, and the land he had claimed for Portugal later came to be known as Brazil.
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513)
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John Cabot
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He was the first European since the Vikings to explore the mainland of North America and the first to search for the Northwest Passage. rediscovered newfoundland
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Henry hudson
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discovered and sailed up the hudson river in 1609
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Martin Luther
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German priest, started the protestant reformation
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Mansa Musa
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Mali's great king
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mestizos
Definition
people with spanish and Indian parents
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Moroccans
Definition
defeated the songhai people of africa
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Peninsulares
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Peninsulares was a term to refer to a person who during Spanish Colonial times lived in the new world but was born in Spain. Spanish upper class

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Montezuma
Definition
Aztec Emperor
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