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Chapter16

Terms

TermsDefinition
Caravel a light,fast sailing ship
Henry the Navigator the prince was not himself an explore
Vasco da Gama set out for India in 1497
Christopher Columbus Spanish rulers, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, agreed to pay for a voyage by an Italian Sailor
Ferdinand Magellan a daring adventurer
circumnavigate sail completely around the world
Sir Franics Drake round the tip of South America and explore its west coast
Henry Hudson in search of his route they sent a Dutch -born sailor
Ecomienda a colonist was given a certain amount of land and a number of Native Americans to work for him
Hernan Cortes
conquistador Conqueror a term applied to Spanish military leaders
Moctezuma the Second spanish arrival in Mexico the Aztec Empire
Atahualpa had only taken control of the empire when the Spanish arrived
Viceroys each of whom ruled a large are in the king's name
Bartolome de Las Cases The most vocal of these reformers was a priest
Treaty of Tordesillas signed in 1494
Colombian Exchange One time contract between
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