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age of exploration 2
social studies 21-22
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conquistador | the Spanish conquerers of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century |
| El Dorado | a make-believe city abounding in gold, the conquistadors believed to exist |
| small pox | A disease that leaves blisters and scars and often kills those infected. Native Americans had no immunity to this disease and millions of them died from it |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | When Pope Julius II agreed to divide the unknown world in half, and give half to Spain and half to Portugal` |
| inflation | When there is a lot of money made, so the value of the money goes down. |
| Protestant Reformation | When European Christianity split, and there was violence all over Europe between Catholic and Protestants in the 16th century |
| Queen Isabella and Ferdinand | the firsts queen and king of Spain, who commissioned Columbus to sail west |
| Columbian Exchange | the movement of plants, animals, and humans from the old world to the new world |
| Queen Elizabeth | the Queen of England in the 16th century, who granted the first colonial charter for an English colony in north america |
| Roanoke | a failed colony started by Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Jamestown | a successful colony in Virginia, started by John smith |
| Massachusetts | A successful colony, started by Pilgrims, who were a religious group the English Monarchs did not like. |
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