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vovabulary words
History
| Question | Answer | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conquitador | a spanish soldier and explore who led military expadison in th americas and captured land for spain | sea dogs | |
| Enomienda system | a system in spanish ameerica that gave the right to tax locol indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and converting them to chirttianty | Tenochtitlan | The capotal of the aztec empire founed in 1325, destroyed by the spainderds in 1521; now the site of mexico city |
| plantation | a large farm that usullay specialized in growingone kind of crop for profit | Viceroy | a royal offcial who runs a contry, colony, or province |
| Protestant Reformation | a religious movement begun by martinn luther and the others in 1517 to reformthe cathlic church | middle passage | A voyage that brought enslaved aficans across the atlantic ocean to north america and the west indies |
| spanish Armada | a large spanish fleet defeted byengland in 1588 | African Diaspora | The population of displaced aficans and their descendats around the world |
| Colubian Exchange | The tranfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the america and europe, asia, and afica | Northwest passage | a nonexistent path through north ameria that early explores searched for that would allow ships to sail from the atlantic to the pacific ocean |
| Circumnavigate | To travel all the way around the world | Charter | an official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony |