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Inca Empire

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Vast and sophisticated Peruvian empire centered at the capital city of Cuzco

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Caravel

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small, maneuverable three masted sailing ship

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Ptolemy's Geography

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A second century work that synthesized the classical knowledge of geography and introduced latitude and longitude

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conquistador

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Spanish for conqueror such as Cortes and Pizzaro

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encomienda system

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A system whereby Spanish crown granted conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians

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viceroyalties

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The name for the 4 administrative units of Spanish possessions

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Columbian exchange

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Exchange of animals, plants, and diseases between Old and New Worlds

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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1494 agreement giving Spain everything west of an imaginary line and Portugal east.

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Aztec empire

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known as the Mexica Empire, large and complex Native American civilization

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Black Code

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The notion that the Spanish were uniquely brutal and cruel in their conquest and settlement.