Exploration and Mapping Terminology

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What word is another name for conqueror?

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Conquistator

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What word means to sail around the world?

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Circumnavigate

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Who makes maps?

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cartographer

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What was the line created by Pope Alexander VI to separate the world between Spain and Portugal?

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Line of Demarcation

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What word means resistance (against something)?

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immunity

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Which conquistador landed in Mexico?

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Hernan Cortes

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What is the capital of the Aztec Empire?

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Tenochtitlan

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What agreement split the world in half between Spain (West) and Portugal (East) for trade and exploration?

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Who served as the translator and advisor for the Spanish?

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Malinche

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What is an agreement? Aztec tribes did this to fight the Spanish.

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alliance