Columbus Vocabulary
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| Conquistadors | Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the natives of Mexico and Peru
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| Christopher Columbus | discovered an island in the Caribbean, Hispaniola, claimed it for Spain
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| Francisco Pizzaro | conquistador; attacked the Inca empire of Peru
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| Henan Cortes | conquistador; attached the Aztecs of Mexico
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| Aztecs | native cultural group of Mexico; they believed in human sacrifice
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| Incas | native cultural group of Peru; they built earthquake resistant buildings
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| Florida | means “flowery Easter”; discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon
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| Colony | new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land
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| Presidios | walled forts that soldiers lived in while protecting claim in the Americas of European nations
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| Missionaries | people who travel to a territory or community in order to make converts to their religion
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| Trappers | adventurers who capture and kill animals, such as beavers, for their fur
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| Jamestown | 1st English colony in the United States
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| John Cabot | claimed the first land of England in the US; this is the basis for England’s later claim to all of the US
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| Columbian Exchange | A system of trade across the Atlantic between the new world and the old world that started with the voyage of Columbus and continues today. (World trade)
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| Triangular Trade Route | A trade route with three major stops or three major points of origin. (North America to Europe to Africa and back)
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| Silk Road | used to import silk, jewels, spices, weapons, paper, gunpowder, and perfumes/oils to wealthy Europeans from Asia.
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| New World | America
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| Old World | Europe
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| Explorer | A traveler that wants to discover new things.
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| Cartography | Map making
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