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Unit two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tenochtitlan | An ancient Aztec city on the site of present day Mexico City. It was destroyed by the Spanish in 1521. |
| Viceroy | The governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king. |
| Emigrant | A person who leaves their own country to settle permanently in another. |
| Incas | A pre-Columbian civilization in the Andes mountains. They excleed at engineering and agriculture conquered by Pizarro in the 1530's. |
| Aztecs | A ethnic group of central Mexico at the height of their civilization at the time of the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. |
| Charter | An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony. |
| 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 Ocean. |
| Spanish Armada | A large Spanish fleet defeated by England in 1588. |
| Protestant Reformation | A religious movement begun by Martin Luther and others in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church. |
| Plantation | A large farm that usually specialized in growing one kind of crop for profit. |
| Encomienda system | A system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and converting them to Christianity |
| Conquistador | A spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain. |
| Columbian Exchange | The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
| Sea Dogs | The name given to English sailors who raided Spanish treasure ships. |
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