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Spanish conquest

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The conquering of the native Americans by the Spanish.

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Spatial

Last modified by Driving Directions on 04/26/2021

Geographers recognize spatial distributions and patterns in Earth’s physical and human characteristics. The term spatial comes from the noun “space,” and it relates to the distribution of various phenomena on Earth’s surface. Geographers portray spatial data cartographically-that is, with maps.