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Flashcards unit 3.
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange between the americas and Europe in the age of exploration. |
| Circumnavigate | To travel around the world. |
| Protestant Reformation | A religous movement begun by Martin Luther and others in 1517 to reform the catholic church. |
| Spanish Armada | a large fleet defeated by England in 1588. |
| Northwest passage | a nonexistent path through north america |
| charter | an official document that gives a person the rights to establish a colony. |
| Seadog | Sea dogs where the name given to english sailors that raided spainish ships. |
| Tinochitland | Aztec city that was concord by cortes |
| Viceroy | governor of spanish america |
| plantation | a large farm specialized in one thing. |
| middle passage | Voyage that brought slaves across the atlantic ocean. |
| african diaspora | population of displaced africans |
| conquistador | a spanish explorer who explored for spain. |
| encomienda system | a system in spainsh 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. |