Latin America Civilizations and Vocab Review

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Imaginary line at 50° longitude from North to South Pole, dividing Spain and Portugal's discoveries.

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Line of Demarcation

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Explores unknown geographic areas.

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Explorer

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16th century Spanish conquerors gaining land and wealth in the Americas.

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Conquistador

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Exchange of food, animals, ideas, and diseases between Eastern and Western hemispheres

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Columbian Exchange

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Military officer who rules strictly

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Caudillo

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Person born of Spanish parents outside Spain

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Criollo

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Political movement where people overthrow a government and establish a new one.

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Revolution

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Plantation owned by Spanish settlers or the Catholic Church in Spanish America

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Hacienda

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Someone who sets others free

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Liberator

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Right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans, granted to settlers by the Spanish government.

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Encomienda