European Exploration Vocab

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Water route in North America from Atlantic to Pacific.

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Northwest Passage

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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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Plantation

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Large farms growing a single crop.

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Spanish Armada

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Huge fleet of Spanish warships

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Encomienda System

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A system in Spanish America allowing settlers to tax local Indians or demand their labor for protection and conversion to Christianity.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Treaty between Spain and Portugal that moved the Line of Demarcation.

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Line of Demarcation

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Boundary between Spanish and Portuguese territories in the New World.

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Presidio

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Spanish military base

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Mission

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Catholic Church Property

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Viceroy

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Spanish Royal Governor