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| The importance of Columbus ... | Started the 1st permanent relationship between Europe and the Americas |
| The Crusades | Wars between Christians and Muslims over the Jerusalem and the Holy Land |
| Columbus' idea to the get to the Far East ... | Sail west around the world |
| Why was Columbus' idea "risky"? | No one had tried his route idea before |
| Columbian Exchange | the transfer of plants, fruits, food, animals, & diseases between Europe and the Americas |
| Meaning of 'Reconquista' | Reconquest |
| During the Reconquista ... | Spain tried to re-take their country from Muslim control |
| Meaning of 'Conquistador' ... | Spanish Conqueror |
| Columbus set sail for the Far East in ... | 1492 |
| The theme of Conquistadors was ... | God, Glory, and Gold |
| After the Reconquista, Conquistadors ... | started looking to the Americas for lands to conquer for Spain |
| Hernan Cortez | Spanish Conquistador who battle the Aztecs |
| The Aztec capital was ... | Tenochtitlan |
| The Aztec leaders was ... | Montezuma |
| The Aztecs welcomed Cortez into their land because ... | they believed he was an Aztec god |
| Cortez did this to the Aztec capital after defeating them ... | burned it down |
| Cortez rebuilt a city on top of the remains of the Aztec capital and named it ... | Mexico City |
| The first Spaniard to really explore Texas ... | Cabeza de Vaca |
| Spaniard who explored the Gulf of Mexico and possibly set foot on Texas ... | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda |
| 'Relacion' | the book written by Cabeza de Vaca about his adventures in Texas |
