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Columbian Exchange
An ongoing system of biological, human, cultural, and material transfers initiated between the Old World and the New World after 1492.
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Tenochtitlan
The capital city of the Aztec Empire, located beneath present-day Mexico City, with a population of 150,000 to 300,000.
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Papal division of the New World
A division issued by the Pope in 1493, granting all territory east of a line to Portugal and all territory west to Spain.
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Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquistador who landed on the eastern shore of Mexico in 1519 and led the conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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Acoma Rebellion
A clash between Pueblo Indians and Spanish soldiers in which Pueblo warriors killed 11 Spanish soldiers, leading to severe Spanish retaliation.
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Transatlantic Slave Trade
The trade that involved the horrific transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas, becoming a core economic foundation as indigenous labor declined.