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Unit 3 termes
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Question | Answer |
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columbian exchange | The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between America and Europe |
circumnavigate | To travel all the way around the globe |
conquistador | A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain |
encomienda system | A system in Spanish 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 |
protestant reformation | A religious movement begun by Martin Luther and others to reform the Catholic Church |
spanish armada | A large Spanish fleet defeated by England in 1588 |
northwest passage | A non-existant path through North America that early explorers searched for that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific |
charter | An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony |
sea dogs | The name given to English sailors who raided Spanish treasure ships |
tenochtitlan | The capital of the Aztec empire |
viceroy | a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign |
middle passage | The voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies |
african diaspora | The population of displaced africans and their descendants around the world |