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8th Grade
09/30/2008

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Amerigo Vespucci
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A man who prove that America was two continents and they were named after him.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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A treaty that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain.
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Conquistador
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People who conquer land.
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Hernando Cortes
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A spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec empire.
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Francisco Pizzaro
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A spanish explorer who conquered the Inca empire.
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Columbian Exchange
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The movement of living things between the eastern and western hemispheres.
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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The first french explorer who visited North Carolina.
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Juan Ponce de leon
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A spanish expolrer who claimed Florida for spain while searching for the fountan of youth.
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Lucas vasquez de ayllon
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A spanish expolrer who unsuccessfully led the only spanish attempt to colonize NC.
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Hernando de soto
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A spanish expolrer who traveled through much of the southern NC.
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Jean Ribaut
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A navigator on the allyon expedition.
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Pedro menendez
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A commander of the french fleet.
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Pedro de coronas
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