Which animal, brought by the Spanish, significantly altered the transportation and warfare of the Southwest?
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Correct answer: The Horse
While the horse was originally native to the Americas, it had gone extinct thousands of years earlier. Its reintroduction by the Spanish revolutionized the lives of tribes like the Navajo and Apache.
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