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European Exploration and Conquest

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show Jews who had converted to Christianity but were now suspected of backsliding into Judaism.  
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Charles V   show
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show Spaniards born in the New World to Spanish parents  
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show Characterized by establishment of posts and forts on coastal regions but not penetration inland to conquer entire regions or subjugate their populations.  
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Francis Xavier   show
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show founded in 1602 and became the major force behind Dutch imperialism.  
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show Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in Mesoamerica by 1521  
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show Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru  
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"Golden Age of Spain"   show
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Encomienda system   show
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Meztizos   show
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show Priest and former conquistador whose father had accompanied Columbus on his 2nd voyage  
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Treaty of Tordesillas   show
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa   show
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show His ship was the first to circumnavigate the globe and charter the enormous size of the Pacific Ocean .  
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show Created Spain's New World empire by conquering Amerindians Ex: Hernandez Cortes & Francisco Pizzarro  
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Maximilian I   show
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show An empire consisting primarily of a loose confederation of German and Italian territories under the suzerainty of an emperor and existing from the 9th or 10th century to 1806.  
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show Royal family of Holy Roman Empire.  
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show A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state based on belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver  
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show Primary motives of exploration  
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Ferdinand and Isabella   show
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Reconquista   show
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show The institution that guarded the orthodoxy of Catholicism in Spain, chiefly by the persecution of heretics, Jews, etc, especially from the 15th to the 17th centuries.  
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Tomás de Torquemada   show
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show denoted the wealthy stratum of the that originated during the latter part of the Middle Ages  
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show Exchange of good and ideas between Europe, Americas, and Africa. Goods from America's where bananas, tobacco, and coffee. Goods from Africa were good and slaves.  
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Small pox   show
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show Financed numerous expeditions along the west African coastline in hopes of finding gold; ushered in a new era of European exploration  
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Bartholomew Dias   show
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Vasco Da Gama   show
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Amerigo Vespucci   show
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show eager for Spain to compete with Portuguese expansion, Ferdinand and Isabella financed his voyage; 1492, he reached the Bahamas, believing he had reached the 'Indies' somewhere west of India.  
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Columbian Exchange   show
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smallpox   show
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Syphilis   show
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