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History
History Terms
Term | Definition |
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Alliance | political agreement between people or countries to work together. |
Aztec | a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521. |
Balboa, Vasco Nunez de | Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513. |
Diaz, Bartholomeu | Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias led the first European expedition round the Cape of Good Hope in 1488. |
Cartier, Jacques | French explorer Jacques Cartier is known chiefly for exploring the St. Lawrence River and giving Canada its name. |
Columbus Christopher | Famed Italian explorer discovered the "New World" of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. |
Coronado Francisco | The expedition team of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado discovered the Grand Canyon and many other famous landmarks. |
Cortes, Hernan | marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, was a Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec empire and won Mexico for the crown of Spain. |
Copernicus, Nicolaus | |
Council of Trent | |
Da Gama, Vasco | |
Erasmus, Desiderius | |
Gutenberg, Johann | |
Hudson, Henry | |
Inca | |
Magellan, Ferdinand | |
Pizzaro, Francisco | |
Prince Henry | |
recant | |
Tenochtitlan | |
Tetzel | |
Vespucci, Amerigo | |
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