European Exploration 1

Front

Cortes and Pizarro were not just explorers, they were __________ .

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conquistadors

Front

The Spanish king appointed __________ to govern different areas in the Americas.

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viceroys

Front

A cartographer is someone who

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makes maps.

Front

Many Native Americans died from _________ as they had no immunity to the disease.

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smallpox

Front

Spain's economy was based on _________.

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mercantilism

Front

Hernan Cortes led the Spanish conquest of the vast Aztec Empire in ____ .

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Mexico

Front

This explorer was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from Panama.

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

Front

This explorer's crew was the first to circumnavigate the world but did so without him as he was killed in the Phillipines.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Front

To circumnavigate means to

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sail around.

Front

A river and a bay in New York carry this explorer's name...

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Henry Hudson