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Chp. 5 vocab.

chapter 5 vocabulary

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Hernan Cortes
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
Tsar
The Russian emperor.
Divine right of kings
The belief that the authority of kings comes directly from God.
Age of Exploration
The period of European exploration overseas from about 1400 to 1600.
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.
Strait of Magellan
A waterway near the southern tip of South America.
Northwest Passage
A sea route through North America.
Protestant
Referring to Christian religions that grew out of the Reformation.
Circumnavigate
To sail or fly completely around something, such as Earth.
Conquistador
A Spanish conqueror in the Americas.
Cape of Good Hope
The southern tip of Africa.
Humanism
A system of thought that focuses on the nature, ideals, and achievements of human beings, rather than on the divine.
Absolute monarch
A king or queen with complete authority over the government and people in a kingdom.
Renaissance
The period of the rebirth of learning in Europe between about 1300 and 1600.
Versailles
The palace built for the French king Louis XIV.
Reformation
The effort to change or reform the Roman Catholic Church, which led to the establishment of Protestant churches.
Elizabethan Age
A golden age of English history when Elizabeth I was queen, 1558-1603.
Francisco Pizarro
The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas.

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