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unit 2 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| RECONQISTIA | THE 800 YEAR WAR OF THE SPANISH REMOVING THE OORS FROM THEIR LAND. |
| INDIGENOUS | PEOPLE THAT ARE NATIVE TO A CERTAIN AREA. |
| CONQUISTADORS | LEADERS OF THE SPANISH MILITARY THAT BELIEVED IN THE WAR AND CONQUEST. |
| VICEROYALTY | LAND THAT IS RULED BY AN OFFICAL CHOSEN KING & QUEEN. |
| VICEROY | THE OFFICAL WHO WAS SELETCTED BY THE KIND AND QUEEN AND SENT TO THE AMERICANS TO SET UP NEW SPAIN. |
| BISON | BUFFALO; A MAIN FOOD SOURCE FOR NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS; NEVER SEEN BY THE SPANISH. |
| SHAMANS | NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE ME THAT WERE VIEWED AD HEALERS,PHYSICS, AND LEADERS. |
| ALONO ALVAREZ DE PINEDA | LED ON THE EARLY SPANISH EXPEDITITION IN THE NORTHEN PART OF SPAIN. HE SEACHED FOR A WATER ROUTE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, IN 1519, HE SAILED ALONG THE COAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM FLORIDA TO MEXICO AND MADE THE FIRST MAP OF TEXAS. |
| ALVAR NUNEZ CABEZA DE VACA | WAS ONE OF THE 1ST EUROPEANS TO EXTENSIVELY EXPLORE THE LAND THAT BECAME TEXAS. |
| CIIBOLA | THE RUMORED CITY OF GOLD THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE LOCATED IN THE ARIZONA - NEW MEXICO AREA. MANY CONQUISTADORS SOUGHT IT OUT, BUT IT WAS NEVER FOUND. |
| PELTS | ANIAML SKINS THAT HAVE BEEN TANNED AND DRIED FOR MANY . |
| Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle | a French explorer that was the first to sail the Mississippi river from north to south into the gulf of Mexico. |
| conquest | to take control of an area |
| God, Gold, & Glory | the mantra of the Spanish conquistador. Convert natives to Catholicism, search for gold, and bring glory to their God, King, Country. and selves. |
| Tenochtitlan | the Aztec capital city that was massive and thriving when the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico |
| Fort St. Louis | after accidentally sailing past Mississippi, La Salle's men ship wrecked in TX. They constructed a French fort here where most of his men died from starvation and sickness or Indian attacks. The fort was abandoned & La Salle murdered by his men |