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Unit 2 vocabulary

Spanish Colonial Era

TermDefinition
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 conquest.
viceroyalty land that is ruled by an official chosen by the King & Queen.
viceroy The official who was selected by the King and queen and sent to the Americans to set up New Spain.
bison buffalo; a main food source for the native American Indians; never seen by the Spanish.
shamans Native Americans 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 the 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 to South into the gulf of Mexico.
Conquest to take control of an area by force
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