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unit 2 vocabulary
spanish colonial era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reconquista | the 800 year war of the spanish removing the moors from their land |
| indigenous | people that are native to a certain area |
| conquistadors | leaders of the spanish military that believed in war and cosquest |
| viceroyalty | land that is ruled by an official chosen by the king and queen |
| viceroy | the official who was selected by the and queen and sent to the americans to set up new spain |
| bison | buffalo a main food source for native america indians never seen by the spanish |
| shamans | native america medicine men that were viewed as healers physics and leaders |
| alonso alvarez de pineda | led on the the early spanish expediti0ns in the norther part of new spain he searched 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 |