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Spanish Explorers
Term | Definition |
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Strait | A narrow passage way that connects two large bodies of water. |
Circumnavigate | To travel around. |
Conquistador | Soldier-adventurers from Spain. |
Plantation | Large farms worked by laborers who lived on the property. |
Encomienda | Land grants that included the right to demand labor and taxes from the natives. |
Mission | Religious settlement. |
Peninsular | Spanish colonists who had been born in Spain. |
Moctezuma | The Aztec leader. |
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