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306737720CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)
306737721PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
306737722JamestownFirst permanent English settlement in North America
306737723MestizoA person of mixed spanish and native american ancestry
306737724PeninsularesLatin American officials from Spain or Portugal
306737725CreolesPeople who had Spanish or Portuguese parents but were born in Latin America.
306737726HaciendaLarge Latin American estates
306737727Cash CropsCrops raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit
306737728GuamOne of the only Pacific islands that attracted Spanish interest
306737729Triangular TradeA three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
306737730Haiti (Saint Dominique)First and only place to abolish slavery because of a slave revolt
306737731Great ZimbabweLarge sub-Saharan African kingdom in the 15th century
306737732TimbuktuCity in Africa; the commercial and cultural center of the Mali and Songhay empires
306737733GaoThe capital city of the Songhay empire
306737734Kingdom of KongoThe kingdom that was located at the mouth of the Congo river was the largest central African kingdom from the 1400s-1700s. Capital - Zimbabwe.
306737735SonghaySucessor of Mali; dominated middle reaches of the Niger valley; capital at Gao
306737736SwahiliCity-states in east Africa; fell under hard times and began to decline

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