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Spain Claims an Empire
Meanings Test- 10/31/13
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History
6th Grade
10/30/2013

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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition
This treaty moved the Line of Demarcation more than 800 miles west.
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Missionary
Definition
People sent to convert the native people's to Christianity.
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Mercantilism
Definition
Economic system where Europeans enriched their treasuries.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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One of the first explorers that went to sea.
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Conquistador
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Conquerors that explored the America's.
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Hernando Cortes
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One of these conquistadors, who landed on the Central American coast in 1519 (where the Aztecs lived)
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Montezuma
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Aztec emperor, feared Cortes was sent by the Aztec god to rule over the Mexico.
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Francisco Pizarro
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A conquistador, led an expedition of 180 men into Peru.
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