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Jude 5th - Chapter 2
Chapter 2: Conquest of the New World
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conquistador | Spanish adventurer who wanted to conquer the New World for Spain |
| Hernan Cortes | conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and ruled New Spain |
| Santiago | town that Cortes was mayor of in Cuba |
| Tenochtitlan | capital city of the Aztec empire |
| Montezuma | king of the Aztecs |
| Quetzalcoatl | name of the Aztec legend that the king feared was coming true when Cortes showed up |
| La Noche Triste | the night many Spanish died trying to escape the city |
| New Spain | name of the Spanish empire in Mexico |
| Mexico City | name of the old city of Tenochtitlan after the Spanish captured it |
| Inca | Native American empire in Peru |
| Hernando de Soto | conquistador who explored Florida |
| Francisco Pizarro | conquistador who conquered the Inca |
| Francisco Coronado | conquistador who was sent to look for the cities of gold |
| pueblos | apartment like villages that the Natives lived in that were made of adobe |