1. To sail completely around something is to circumnavigate.
ex. Magellan circumnavigated the globe.
2. epidemic that killed one third of Europe's populated was called the black death. It was also known as the Bubonic Plague.
3. economic control of a product or service is a monopoly.
ex. Rockefeller had a monopoly on the oil industry.
4. royal governor was a viceroy.
ex. The Portugese Empire assigned viceroys to rule over its territories in India.
5. small but sturdy ship was a caravel. It was built by the Portugese in the 15th century.
6. Spanish soldiers who defeated the Aztec empire were conquistadors.
ex. Pizarro and Cortés were famous conquistadors.
7. settlements established to convert Indians to Catholicism were called missions.
8. northern area of new Spain where few settlers lived were called borderlands.
9. large farms specializing in one kind of crop were called plantations.
ex. There were many cotton plantations in the Southern US.
10. reformers who criticized the catholic church were called protestants.
