| A | B |
| Spanish soldier or leader | conquistador |
| member of a Catholic religious order | friar |
| leader of a failed expedition to conquer the area between Florida and Mexico | Panfilo de Narvaez |
| religious settlement or outpost | mission |
| built on the site of Tenochtitlan | Mexico City |
| Columbus's voyages to the Caribbean region | allowed Spain to found a new empire |
| Helped Cortes invaded the Aztec empire | Native Americans who suffered under Aztec rule |
| Alonso Alvarez de Pineda | first European to map the Texas coast |
| first European to spend long periods of time in Texas | Cabeza de Vaca |
| What the Natives believed Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico were | Shamans |