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10 Cards in this Set
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conquistadors |
Spanish adventurers who wanted to conquer the New World for Spain |
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Hernan Cortes |
The conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and ruled New Spain |
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Montezuma |
The Aztec King |
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Aztecs |
Indians who lived in the mountains of central Mexico |
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Quetzalcoatl |
the fair-skinned aztec god who had rulled wisely and was supposed to return to restore justice and stop human sacrifice. |
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La Noche Triste |
Spanish for "the Night of Sorrows," when the Aztecs massacred the Spaniards and their Indian allies escaping from the city of Tenochtitlan |
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New Spain |
the area around Mexico City, extending to the sea |
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Inca |
he Indian king of Peru |
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Hernando de Soto |
The conquistador who: 1)explored Florida; 2)discovered the Mississippi River 3)Evangelized the Indians in Arkansas |
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pueblo |
a Spanish word meaning "town"; used to refer to the towns of the Zuni and other tribes.
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