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Conquest Vocabulary
For Texas Hisory
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History
7th Grade
10/27/2013

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Conquistadors
Definition
A spanish soldier who sought wealth, riches, power and glory for himself and Spain in conquest of the Americas
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Friar
Definition
A member of the Catholic religous order
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Mission
Definition
A religious settlement
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Tenochtitlan
Definition
The capital of the Aztec community
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Quezalcoatl
Definition
A god represented as a plumed serpent
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Moctezuma
Definition
The last Aztec emporer of Mexico
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Reconquista
Definition
A period of 781 years where Spain got back the land from their Moors
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Econmedias
Definition
A grant of Native American labour
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Haciendas
Definition
large estates that the Spanish rulers lived in
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Mercantilisim
Definition
belief in the benefits of profitable trading
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Viceory
Definition
a ruler excersising authority in a colony
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Stockade
Definition
an encloser of posts to form a defense
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Cibola
Definition
A historic region of New Mexico that includes 7 pueblos believed by explorers to contain vast treasures
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Moors
Definition
the islamic people who took over Spain
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