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Chapter 4

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Log   A record, usually of a voyage or experiment.  
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Colony   A settlement far away from the country that rules it.  
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Columbian Exchange   The movement of people, plants, animals and germs across the Atlantic Ocean following the voyages of Columbus.  
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Christopher Columbus   Italian sea captain and explorer sailing under the flag of Spain. He reached the Americas in 1492.  
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King Ferdinand   King of Spain, who with his wife Isabella, paid for Columbus's voyages to the Americas.  
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Queen Isabella   Queen of Spain, who with her husband king Ferdinand, paid for Columbus's voyages to the Americas.  
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Amerigo Vespucci   An explorer who realized the Caribbean islands were not Asia.  
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Tribute   Forced payment usually made in the form of valuable goods.  
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Conquistador   A Spanish conquerer who first came to the Americas in the 1500s.  
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Moctezuma II   Aztec emperor defeated by Hernando Cortes in 1520.  
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Hernando Cortes   Conquistador who defeated the Aztec in 1521.  
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Dona Marina   Indian also called Malnche who aided Hernando Cortes in his conquest of Tenochitilan in 1521.  
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Cuauhtemoc   Aztec ruler following the death of Moctezuma II, who led the Aztec in the final battle for Tenochitilan.  
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Fancisco Pizarro   Spanish conquistador who defeated the Inca in 1533.  
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Atahualpa   Last ruler of the vast Inca Empire, who was captured and killed by the Spaniards.  
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Encomienda   A very large piece of land in New Spain given by the Spanish government to certain Spanish colonists during the 1500s.  
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Missionary   A person who teaches his or her religion to people of different beliefs.  
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Estevanico   1500s African who story of the "Seven Cities of Gold" led Francisco de Coronado to explore the Southwest.  
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Fray Marcos de Niza   1500s Roman Catholic priest who accompanied Coronado on his search for the "Seven Cities of Gold."  
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Francisco Coronado   1510-1554 Spanish explorer of the American Southwest from 1540-1542.  
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Bartolome de las Casas   A Catholic Priest, who was the defender of Indian rights. Arrived at Hispaniola in 1513 to be a missionary.  
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Yanga   1500s-1600s Leader of a slave revolt in New Spain in 1609.  
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