mcauley world history chapter 6
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Galician | English |
|---|---|
| Quebec |  first permanent French settlement in the Americas |
| Cortes | conquistador who took over Mexico |
| Jesuits | French missionaries |
| Magellan | killed in the Philippines during an attempt at circumnavigation |
| Marco Polo | His stories of China inspired people |
| Atahualpa | Inca emperor who was defeated |
| Cartier | French navigator who explored the St. Lawrence River |
| Tordesillas | treaty that divided the unexplored world in two |
| Bartholomeu Dias | explored the southern tip of Africa |
| Drake | English sea captain who raided Spanish ships |
| Vespucci | man in whose honor America was named |
| Columbus | Italian explorer sponsored by Spain |
| Bartolome de las Casas | objected to abuse of Native Americans |
| Isabella | sponsored Columbus |
| Vasco de Gama | pioneered water route from Europe to India |
| Moluccas | Place where many spices came from |
| Medici | banking family of Florence |
| New Amsterdam | Dutch colony at the mouth of the Hudson |
| Melaka | Spice trade center taken by Albuquerque |
| Cabot | Italian who first sailed for England |
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