| A | B |
|---|
| peninsulares | Highest social class in New Spain. They owned the land & ran the government. (55) |
| Seven Cities of Cibola | Conquistadors searched for these legendary cities with walls of emerald and streets of gold. (53-54) |
| Francisco Pizarro | He conquered the Inca in 1532 with less than 200 conquistadors. (53) |
| conquistadors | Spanish soldiers who came to the Americas in the 1500's for god, gold & glory. (51) |
| smallpox | Native Americans had no resistance to this deadly European disease. (53) |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | He arrived on the east coast of Florida in 1513 seeking a Fountain of Youth. (53) |
| Montezuma | The Aztec ruler who died during the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan. (52) |
| Hernando de Soto | He & his troops explored the American Southeast for treasure & were the first Europeans to cross the Mississippi River. (54) |
| mission | A Spanish religious community in America. (54) |
| presidio | A Spanish fort built to protect missions. (54) |
| Bartolome de Las Casas | This Spanish priest argued against the cruel treatment of Native Americans. (55) |
| encomienda | The Spanish system that allowed Conquistadors to make Native Americans slaves. (55) |
| Saint Augustine | The first Spanish settlement in what is now the U.S. (53) |
| Hernan Cortes | He led the conquistadors that conquered the Aztec in 1521. (52) |
