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

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colony

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Land controlled by another nation

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3
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Hernando Cortés

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Conquistador who defeated the Aztec

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4
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conquistadors

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Spanish explorers in the Americas

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5
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Francisco Pizarro

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Conquistador who defeated the Inca

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6
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Atahualpa

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Last Incan emperor

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7
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mestizo

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Person with mixed Spanish and Native American blood

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encomienda

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System of mining and farming using natives as slave labor

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