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Government hired pirates?

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Privateers

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The right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area?

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Encomiendas

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Resistance?

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Immunity

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People born in Spain?

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Peninsulares

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Conquerors?

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Conquistadors

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People of native America and European descent?

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Mestizos

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Large estates run by an owner?

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Plantations

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Which group of people did Cortez conquer?

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Aztecs

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Which group did Pizarro conquer?

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Incas

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Which explorer led four ships around the cape of good hope in 1497?

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Vasco da gama

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Which explorer is most commonly known for circumnavigation?

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Magellan

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Which explorer is seen to be the first man to reach the Pacific Ocean, which he called the “south sea”?

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Balboa

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(T or F) privateers were businessmen who bought and sold African slaves.

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False

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(T or F) hernando Cortez and his group of 600 men landed in Mexico in 1619.

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False

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(T or F) Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532.

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True

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(T or F) in the 1500’s, the wealth of the Americas helped make Spain the most powerful country in Europe.

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True

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(T or F) a lateen is a ship that combined European square sails and Arab triangular sails.

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False

18
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Set up school for exploration in Portugal?

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Henry the navigator

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First to circumnavigate?

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Magellan

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The reconquering of Spain by the Christians?

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Reconquista

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Sailed across the Atlantic and hacked a passage through the tropical forests of panama reaching the south sea?

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Vasco nunez de balboa

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Led four ships around the cape of good hope and reached the spice port of Calicut?

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Vasco da gama

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1488, sailed around the top of Africa, opening up a sea route to Asia?

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Bartholomew Dias

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1492, sailed across the Atlantic to the Caribbean?

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Christopher Columbus

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Agreement among the people?

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Alliances

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