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Early-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)
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The term used by Spanish authorities to describe someone of mixed native American and European descent.
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An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
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Chinese naval explorer who sailed along most of the coast of Asia, Japan, and half way down the east coast of Africa before his death.
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First permanent English settlement in North America
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Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541).
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A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
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A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
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The transfer pf plants, animals, and disease between the American and Europe, Asia and Africa