Matching Pairs European Exploration of the Americas (D)Online version European Exploration of the Americas by John Middleton 1 conquistador who brought the Aztecs to ruin 2 conquistador who defeated the Inca 3 person sent by the Church to convert Native Americans to Christianity 4 Italian sailor who explored what is now the Americas 5 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal agreed to divide lands of the Western hemisphere between them and moved the Line of Demarcation to the west 6 Spanish soldier that explored the Americas and claimed land for Spain 7 Italian navigator who looked for a faster water route to Asia 8 people or nations involved in a pact or treaty 9 economic system that increased money in a country’s treasury by creating a favorable balance of trade Missionary conquistador Francisco Pizarro Alliance Amerigo Vespucci Christopher Columbus Hernando Cortes mercantilism Treaty of Tordesillas