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| Moctezuma II | a leader of the Aztec Empire |
| Queen Isabella | person who along King Ferdinand gave Christopher Columbus three ships |
| Conquistadores | soldiers and adventurers in search of glory,gold,and land. |
| Tenochtitlan | captial of the Aztec Empire |
| Christopher Columbus | person who believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean |
| horse | animal brought to the Caribbean that Caribbean Indians had never seen. |
| Hernan Cortes | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec. |
| Spain | Country that wanted to spread Christianity to the Americas. |
| Indians | name given by Christopher Columbus to the people he met in what is now the Bahamas. |
| King Ferdinand | sponse of Queen Isabella from Spain who along with his wife sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas. |
| San Salvador | name given by Christopher Columbus to an island in what is now the Bahamas. |
| Alonso Alvarez de Pineda | came searching for a water way to the Pacific |
| Panfilo de Narvaez | led another voyage to the Gulf of Mexico; looked for gold at Apalachee,Florida and later was shipwrecked on the coast of Texas where he died. |
| Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca | After failing at an expedition for Spain, he became a governor of Paraguay. |
| Estevanico | was born in Morocco,worked as a servant became the first African to explore Texas.He was skilled with communicating with American Indians. He was killed by villagers |
| viceroy | a royal governor of New Spain |
| Fray Marcos de Niza | a Catholic Friar who was a skilled explorer was sent by Spanish viceroy in 1539 to find the "City of Gold" |
| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | a 30 year old conquistador who led an expedition across the dry regions of the Southwestern US. |
| Hernando de Soto | He and some 600 soldiers landed on the Florida coast in 1539; for more than two years they explored what is now southeastern US. |
| Luis de Moscoso Alvarado | He led explorers west into east Texas where they met many Caddo Indians; He described Texas as varied land |
| epidemics | widespread breakouts of a disease |
| mustangs | the wild offspring of horses the Spanish brought to the Americas |
| Juan de Onate | King Philip granted him the to settle and govern the colony named New Mexico |
| Columbian Exchange | this term refers to the transfer of plants, animals and disease between the Americas and other continents. |
