Age of Exploration Vocab.

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Sail or travel all the way around something, especially the world.

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circumnavigate

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Social hierarchy where some rank higher than others.

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Caste System

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A Spanish soldier who conquered lands.

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conquistadors

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Father of the Aztec people.

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Montezuma

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A relationship among people, groups, or states joined for mutual benefit.

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allies

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Capital of the Inca Empire.

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Cusco

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Disease that helped Cortez conquer the Aztecs due to lack of immunity.

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smallpox

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Inca settled in...

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Andes Region

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Surprise attack planned by the Aztecs for Cortez, but he was aware.

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ambush

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Earliest Maya settlements date to...

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Pre-Classic Period