Spanish explorers
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| empire | a large area in which different groups of people are controlled by one ruler of government
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| conquistadors | Spanish word for conqueror
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| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador who landed in Mexico- took the Aztec ruler prisoner for ransom
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| Montezuma II | Aztec ruler killed by Cortes
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| smallpox | disease brought by Spanish that killed 100,000 Aztec
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| Mexico City | city built on top of ruins of Tenochtitlan after Aztecs were defeated
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| Inca empire | this empire was defeated by the Spanish-wealthiest empire in the world
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| highway system | connected the empire-messengers ran along this up to 50 miles a day
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| quipus | knotted strings carried by messengers to help remember or relay information
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| gold | known as "sweat of the sun" to Incas
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| silver | known as "tears of the moon" to Inca
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| Francisco Pizarro | Spanish conquistador who went to South America to capture Inca empire
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| Atahualpa | Inca ruler who tried to defeat Pizarro's small army-taken captive by Pizarro
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| gold & silver | offered to Pizarro by Atahualpa for his freedom- melted down by Pizarro and sent back to Spain
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| diseases | highway system allowed this to spread quickly making Inca empire weaker
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| civil war | fought among Inca people making them weaker
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| frontier | edge of a settled place
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| missionary | person who tries to persuade others to accept new religious beliefs
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| enslave | to force people to work against their will
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| mestizo | people who are of both Spanish and Native American heritage
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| encomiendas | large areas of land
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| Juan Ponce de Leon | Spanish explorer who looked for the Fountain of youth
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| St. Augustine, Florida | where Ponce de Leon actually landed
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| Hernando de Soto | Spanish explorer who traveled through GA, FL, AL, MS and across the Mississippi River looking for gold
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| Francisco Coronado | first Spanish explorer to see the Grand Canyon- traveled thru southwestern U.S. claiming land for Spain
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| Bartolome de Las Casas | missionary who spoke out against unfair treatment of enslaved Native Americans
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| New Spain | lands claimed by Spain in Mexico and South America
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