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35 Cards in this Set
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conquistador
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Spanish conquerors
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immunity
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resistance to disease
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Hernan Cortes
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
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Tenochtitlan
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capital of the Aztec empire
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Malinche
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Cortes's translator and advisor
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alliance
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formal agreement between two or more nations or powers
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Moctezuma
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Aztec emperor
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Francisco Pizarro
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conquered the Inca empire
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civil war
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war between groups of people in the same nation
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viceroy
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representatives who ruled for the Spanish king in the Americas
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encomienda
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the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans
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Bartolome de Las Casas
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priest who condemned the encomienda system
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peon
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worker forced to labor for a landlord to pay off a debt
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peninsular
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people born in Spain who were at the top of the social ladder in the Americas
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creole
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American-born descendants of Spanish settlers
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mestizo
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people of Native American and European descent
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mulatto
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people of African and European descent
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privateer
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pirate who operated with government approval
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New France
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French claims in Canada
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revenue
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income
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Pilgrims
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English Protestants who rejected the Church of England
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compact
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agreement among people
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French and Indian War
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war in North America between England and France
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Treaty of Paris
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officially ended the French and Indian War
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Olaudah Equiano
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slave who was part of the international trade network
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triangular trade
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three-legged international trade network
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Middle Passage
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second leg of the triangular trade in which slaves were transported to the Americas
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mutiny
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revolt
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Columbian Exchange
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vast global exchange network named after Columbus
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inflation
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rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available
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price revolution
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period in European history when inflation rose rapidly
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capitalism
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economic system in which most businesses are owned privately
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entrepreneur
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person who takes on financial risk to make profits
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mercantilism
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economic policy in which a nation's real wealth is measured in gold and silver
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tariff
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tax on imported goods
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