SECTION 1 - SPAIN BUILDS AN AMERICAN EMPIRE VOCABULARY Flashcards
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian explorer who landed in the Americas
2
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colony
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Land controlled by another nation
3
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Hernando Cortés
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Conquistador who defeated the Aztec
4
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conquistadors
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Spanish explorers in the Americas
5
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquistador who defeated the Inca
6
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Atahualpa
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Last Incan emperor
7
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mestizo
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Person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood
8
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encomienda
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System of mining and farming using natives as slave labor