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14718900907Vasco Núñez de Balboa1st to see the Pacific ocean by crossing Panama0
14718900908Black LegendIdea that Spainish was more oppressive toward Indians than other Europeans, used as a justification for English imperial expansion1
14718900909John CabotEnglish explorer who claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest Passage2
14718900910CahokiaAlong Mississippi River 1200AD. Largest settled community until the 1800s. Had 10,000-30,000 people3
14718900911Samuel de ChamplainFounded Qubec4
14718900912Chistopher ColumbusFound the Americas while looking for a faster route to India5
14718900913Columbian ExchangeExchange of good between Old world and New world6
14718900914Encomienda SystemSpanish gained ownership of Indian land7
14718900915Henry HudsonEnglish navigator claimed the New York region for Dutch West India Company8
14718900916Ferdinand MagellanFirst person to circumnavigate the globe9
14718900918PeninsularesPersons of European birth10
14718900919Francisco PizarroConquered Inca11
14718900920Pueblo RevoltLed by a Native American, Pope, destroyed Spainish settlement12
14718900921Hernando de SotoFirst European to see the Mississippi River13
14718921661Joint-Stock Companya company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.14
14718921662Treaty of Tordesillasset the boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.15
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