Exploration Vocab Flashcard

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Forced, unpaid labor of Natives by Spanish leaders

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encomienda system

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Establishment of distant settlements by a parent country

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Colonization

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Term for the Americas post-discovery

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New World

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Transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds

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Columbian Exchange

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Columbian Exchange

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Exchange of plants, customs, and animals between Europe and the Americas.

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Conqueror from Spain who defeated Native Americans in Mexico & Central America

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conquistador

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Explorer who mistakenly thought he reached India:

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Christopher Columbus

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Period from mid-1300s to early 1600s marked by advancements in art, music, literature, and science, starting in Italy and spreading across Europe. Term means 'rebirth'.

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Renaissance

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Machine by Gutenberg that sped up book production.

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Printing Press

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Spanish explorers during the age of discovery were powerful soldiers seeking wealth and territory for Spain by conquering others.

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Conquistador