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