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US history chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Christopher Columbus | Explorer from spain, wanted to find western route to Asia. Found Cuba instead. |
| Vasco De Balboa | Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513 |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organised the Castilian expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth |
| Strait | |
| Circumnavigate | sail all the way around (something, especially the world) |
| Conquistadors | a conqueror; of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century |
| Hernando Cortes | Hernán Cortés was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire |
| Montezuma | |
| Plantation | |
| Ecomiendas | |
| Bartolome Las Casas | |
| Bartolome Las Casas | |
| Penninsula | |
| Samuel de Champlain | |
| Jacques Cartier | |
| Alliance |