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- 4. This was the Spanish conquistador who was largely responsible for coordinating the conquest of the Aztec military confederacy in Mesoamerica (2 words)
- 9. This was the Spanish conquistador who was largely responsible for coordinating the conquest of the Inca Empire in Andean range and west coast of South America.(2 words)
- 12. This was/these were the royal patron(s) of a series of exploratory expeditions along the coast of West Africa(3 words)
- 14. This was a legal entity that allowed companies to operate without risk to personal assets if the company failed or was sued.
- 15. This was a small highly-maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese
- 16. This was/these were the royal patron(s) of Christopher Columbus’s voyage in 1492.(3 Words)
- 17. This was the system of rewarding conquerors with land grants, noble title, and feudal authority of the American Indians and European settlers in the area.(2 words)
- 18. This was a form of sail that allowed ships to sail perpendicular to the wind. (2 words)
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- 1. These were European laborers who paid for their passage to the Americas by signing multi-year labor agreements; it was used as an initial source of labor in the 16th and 17th centuries.(2 words)
- 2. This was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, technology, and diseases between the Americas, the Old World, and West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.(3 words)
- 3. This was a new form of cartography that provided more accurate navigation for sailors and explorers during the Age of Exploration.(2 words)
- 5. This was the Portuguese explorer who first successfully made direct contact with India by sailing around the Cape of Africa.
- 6. This is the term used to describe a Spanish or Portuguese conqueror of lower nobility in the Americas that were rewarded with a feudal land grant and title.
- 7. This was a naval trade license or pass issued by the Portuguese Empire in the Indian ocean during the sixteenth century.
- 8. This was the triangular system of trade that developed between the Americas, Europe, and the West African kingdoms which involved raw materials, manufactured goods, and the purchasing of slaves.(3words)
- 10. This was a written document that divided the newly-discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire.(3 words)
- 11. used as a racial and social identifier to describe mixed-race individuals in New Spain were resulting from unions of Spaniards, Amerindians, and Africans.(3 words)
- 13. This was the name of the colony established in North America that centered around the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.(2 words)