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history unit 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| columbian exchange | the transfer of plants, ANIMALS AND DISEASES between the americas and europe, asia and africa |
| sea dogs | english sailors that raided spanish treasure ships |
| conquistador | a spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the americas and captured land for spain |
| encomienda system | a system in spanish america that gave spanish settlers the right to tax local indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and converting them to christianity |
| plantation | a large farm that usually specializes in growing one kind of crop for profit |
| protestant reformation | a religious movement begun by martin luther and others in 1517 to reform the catholic church |
| spanish armada | a large spanish fleet defeated by the english in 1588 |
| northwest passage | a nonexistent path through north america that early explorers searched for that would allow ships to sail from the atlantic to the pacific |
| charter | an official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony |
| tenochtitlán | aztec's capital in the middle of lake texcoco |
| viceroy | a rule or exercise in authority |
| aztecs | an empire in mexico that the conquistadors discovered and conquered |
| incas | a empire in south america that the conquistadors discovered and conquered |
| emigrants | A PERSON who moves |
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