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unit 2 vocabulary
spanish colonial ers
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reconquista | the 800 year warof the spanish romoving the moors from their land |
| indigenous | people that are native to a certain area |
| conquistadors | leaders ofnthe spanish military that believed in war and conquest |
| viceroyaity | land that is ruled by an official chosen by king queen |
| viceroy | the official who was selected by the king queen and sent to the americans to setnup new spain |
| bison | buffalo a main food source for native american indians neve |
| shamans | native american medicine men that wereviewed as healeers phsics and leaders |
| ALONSO alvarez de pineda | led on the early spanish expeditions in the nothern 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 olf the first europeans to extensively explors the land that becomes texas |
| cibola | the rumoed 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 | animals skins that have been tanned and dried for different purposes |
| rene robert cavelier sieur de la salle | a french exploer that was the first to sail the missippi river from north to south into the guif of mexico |
| conquest | to take control of an area by force |
| God God & 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 acidentaly sailing past mississippi la salle's man shipwrecked in texas they constructed a french fort here where most of his man died from stavaion and sickness or indian attacks. the fortbwas abandoned and la salle murdered by his men |