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Unit 3 Vocab Words C

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Sea Dogs   Name given to English sailors who raided Spanish treasure ships.  
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Tenochititlan   The ancient capital of the Aztec empire on the site of present day Mexico City. Destroyed by the Spanish in 1521.  
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Viceroy   A man who served as a governor of a country, province or colony.  
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Columbian Exchange   The transfer of diseases, between America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.  
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Circumnavigate   To travel all the way around the globe  
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Conquistador   A Spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain.  
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Encomienda System   A system in Spanish America that gave settlers he right to tax local Indians or to demand their labor in exchange for protecting them and converting them to Christianity.  
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Plantation   A large farm that usually specialized in growing one kind of crop for profit.  
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Protestant Reformation   A religious movement begun by Martin Luther and others in 1517 to reform the Catholic Church.  
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Spanish Armada   A large Spanish fleet defeated by England in 1588.  
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Northwest Passage   A nonexistent path through North America that early explorers searched for that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean  
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Charter   An official document that gives a person the right to establish a colony.  
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Middle Passage   A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies.  
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African Diaspora   The population of displaced Africans and their descendants around the world.  
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