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S.S. Ch. 3 study Guide

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Juan Ponce de Laon
traveled in Florida searching for the fountain of youth
mission
religious settlements run by catholic priests and friars
Christopher Columbus
Credited for finding America's, Explorer from Spain
How did the Conquistadors defeat twho indian empires?
The conquistadors had a superior military, they also had spread disesase weakening the indians even more, and the indians were also weak from fighting
Encomienda
land grants that included the right to demand taxes and labor from native Americans
Pueblo
town
Hernando Cortes
sailed to Mexico in search of gold
Peter Minuit
led dutch settlers to mouth of the Hudson River, bought Manhattan island from Indians
Bartolome de Las Casas
priest seeking reform traveling through spain
Samuel de Champlain
founded Port Royal, led settlers high above St. Lawrence River built and made Quebec
Leif Ericson
Viking Explorer, Might have founded Americas
Alliance
an agreement between nations to and and protect one another
Coureur de Bois
french colonist who lived and worked in the woods
Columbian Exchange
started w/ voyages of columbus
Northwest passage
waterway through or around North America
Explain why Europena powers wanted to find a new route to Asia
they wanted to find the riches of asia w/ a shorter northwest passage
What was Columbus's Impact?
He spread European diseases to America's, Made Europe aware of the America's, Made the first spanish colony in America's, his Voyage started the Columbian Exchange
Ferdinand Magellan
Circumnavigated the world
Colony
a group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by government of their land
Vasco Nunez Balboa
explorer, landed in panama
presido
fort where soldiers lived
mestizo
mixed Spanish and Indian background
circumnavigate
to sail completely around
Plantation
large estate farmed by many workers
Explain how spain settled its colonies
The king set up a strong system of government to rule and divided the americas to new spain and peru. A code named the laws of the indies told how all the colonies should be orgonized and ruled
Name the areas spanish explored
North America, South America, Central America, Africa
Conquistador
conquerors
Marquette and Joliet
French Missionaries and fur traders, set out to reach Mississippi river and led by indians
How did spanish explorers find a route across the Pacific Ocean?
native americans told balboa of a body of water west of the panama so balboa reached the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for spain. Then Magellen sailed across it.
Turning Point
a moment in history that marks a decisive change
Ferdinand and Isabella
king and queen of Spain at the time, "sponsored" Columbus's trip
How did exploration set off global exchange of goods and services?
Columbus went to americas and told spain about them, then all these other explorers from Europe went back and forth exchanging their goods w/ Native Americans
peninsulare
born in Spain, hold highest jobs in government and church
John Cabot
had reached "new found island: and explored North America
Francisco Pizarro
sailed pacific coast of South America
Moctezuma
Emperor of Tenochtitlan
summarize whoat life was like for native americans under spanish rule
The spanish forced the native americans to work in the mines, life was poor for the Native Americans
Jacques Cartier
Sailed for the French, sailed the St. Lawrence River

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