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44 Cards in this Set
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Paleo-Indians
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First settlers in America
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Taino
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Friendly natives of the New World that welcomed Columbus when he arrives
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Aztecs
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Warrior empire; conquered by Cortez who took Moctectzuma captive
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Maya
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built large cities with trade
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Olmec
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earliest known civilization in Mesoamerica
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Inca
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small tribe in the Andes mt.s; conquered by Pizzaro
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Christopher Columbus
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longed for a new route to Asia; found New world thinking it was Asia; Spain; 1492
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John Cabot
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longed for a westward route to Asia; NEWFOUNDLAND; England; 1497
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Hernando de Soto
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colonized Florida; Spain; mouth of Mississippi; thrown into the Mississippi River upon death
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Francisco Pizzaro
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conquered the Incas(Peru); Spain; 1592
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Hernan Cortez
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conquered Aztecs (Mexico); 1521; Spain
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Montezuma II (Moctezuma II)
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ruler of the Aztecs when Cortez conquered; took captive
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King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
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sponsered Columbus' trip in 1492
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Pope Alexander VI
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drew the Line of Demarcation
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Ponce de Leon
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looked for Fountain of Youth; "first to set foot in Florida"; named it Pascua la Florida or La Florida
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Henry Hudson
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longed for a NW passage; found/explored the Hudson River; Netherlands; 1609
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Ferdiniand Magellan
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longed for a westward route to Asia; circumnavigated the globe
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Jacques Cartier
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longed for NW passage; explored St. Lawrence River; French for France (mmmhm croissants)
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Samuel de Champlain
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"Father of New France"; found Quebec; Great Lakes; France
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Robert de La Salle
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claimed Mississippi Valley; Ohio River
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Marquette & Joliet
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sailed Mississippi partially (* finished by La Salle*)
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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opened school of navigation; sponsored many voyages
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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laid basis for French claims in NA; N.Caroline-Maine
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Bartelome de las Casas
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priest who visited New World and saw how the conquistadors were converting natives; wrote a book about cruelty; supported gentle conversion; warned the Spanish
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Francesco Vasquez de Coronado
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SW aprt of the U.S.; 7 cities of gold ( Cibola); the Grand Canyon
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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discovered the Pacific Ocean ( South Sea)
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Circumnavigate
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sea route around the globe
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Encomienda system
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system in which Spanish settlers can tax native Americans
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Line of Demarcation
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boundary between Spanish and Portuguese in the New World; eastern tip of Asia for Portuguese; everything west for Spain
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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1494 (Portugal vs. Spain); moved Line of Demarcation 800 miles west
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Fountain of Youth
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legendary fountain which anyone who bathes in it was reversed in age (de leon)
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Cibola (Seven Cities of Gold)
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Coronado
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Columbian Exchange
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transfer of diseases, plants and animals from Europe to the New World and the New World to Europe
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Conquistador
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Spanish explorer; conqueror
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3 G's of a Conquistador
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God (Catholic, Christianity); Gold (riches); Glory
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Plantation
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Spanish operated farm that grew a large amount of one crop; enslaved natives
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Northwest Passage (NWP)
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water route through U.S. from Pacific to Atlantic- to Asia
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Amerigo Vespucci
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first to realized that "America" is it's own continent while exploring up the Amazon River; person in which America is named after
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(Alvar Nunez) de Vaca
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moo, Gaveston Island; Mexico City
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Pueblos
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town or village where natives live, gather, and shop
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Missions
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area where natives are transitioned into Christianity
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Presidos
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court houses, important buildings/ people
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Bering Land Bridge
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land mass connecting Asia (Siberia) and North America; not evident anymore; the melting glacier water submerged it
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Asia (Cathay)
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Europeans wanted to find a water route to Asia after the Bering Land Bridge was submerged; for spices and silk
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