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Chapter 6: SS-blue

Terms

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Hernan Cortes
the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Versailles
the palace built for King Louis XIV of France
Cape of Good Hope
the southern tip of Africa
Francisco Pizzarro
the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
conquistador
a Spanish conqueror in the Americas
Elizabethan Age
a golden age of English history when Elizabeth 1 was queen; 1558-1603
circumnavigate
to sail or fly completed around something; such as Earth
Northwest Passage
a sea route through North America
Renaissance
the period of the rebirth of learning in Europe between 1300 and 1600
Reformation
the effort to change or reform the Roman Catholic Church which led to the beginning of Protestant churches
Protestant
referring to Christian religions that grew out of the Reformation
Age of Exploration
the period of European exploration overseas from about 1400 to 1600
absolute monarch
a king/queen with complete authority over the government and people in a kingdom
encomienda
a system in which the Spanish king gave Spanish settlers the right to the labor of the Native Americans who lived in a particular area
tsar
the Russian emperor
Strait of Magellan
a waterway near the southern tip of South America
divine right of kings
the belief that the authority of kings comes directly from God
humanism
a system of thought that focuses on the nature, ideals, and achievements of human beings, rather than on the divine

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