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Strayer Unit 4
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Cortes
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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
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Cortes
Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
the great dying
The massive epidemic caused by Old World diseases (zoonoses) after Columbian Exchange. It killed around 90% of the Native American (it also happened in parts of Asia and the Polynesian Islands).
dona marina
Aztec woman who became an interpreter for Hernando Cortes during his conquest of the Aztec empire.
columbian exchange
An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
mestizo
A person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)