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Unit 2 Vocab
Spanish Colonial Era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 war and conquest |
| viceroyalty | land that is ruled by an official chosen by the king and queen |
| viceroy | the official who was selected to be the king and queen and sent to the americas to set up new spain |
| bison | buffalo; a main food sources for native american indians; never seen by the spanish |
| shamans | native american medicine men that were viewed as healers, physics, and leaders |
| Alonso Alvarez de Pineda | led on the early spanish expeditions in the northern 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 |
| Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | was one of the first europeans to extensively explore the land that became texas |
| cibola | the rumored city of gold that was thought to be located in arizona- new mexico area. many conquistadors sought it out, but it was never found |
| pelts | animal skins that have been tanned and dried for different purposes |
| Rene-Robert Cavelier, sieur de la salle | a french explorer that was the first to sail the mississippi river from north and south into the gulf of mexico |
| conquest | to take control of an area by forve |
| 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 missisippi la salles men shipwrecked in texas. 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 |
| mission | a religious settlement & church establishment set up to convert people to christianity |