La Salle
This is where La Salle is from.
What is France?
Cabeza de Vaca found gold and went back to Spain (True or False)
What is False?
The reason why the Europeans explored Texas?
What is searching for Gold?
In addition to bringing an army of soldiers with him, he also brought this disease.
What is smallpox?
A religious settlement.
What is a mission?
The name of the river La Salle tried to return to in order to set up a colony.
What is the Mississippi River?
Reason Cabeza de Vaca's ship was shipwrecked?
What is a hurricane?
A term for a Spanish leader or conqueror.
What is Conquistador?
Name of the Aztec emperor killed by Spaniards.
Who is Moctezuma?
Coronado was from this country.
What is Spain?
Matagorda Bay was also known as_______________.
What is Mahaldo or "The Isle of Misfortune"?
The natives regarded Cabeza de Vaca as this after he performed the first surgery in Texas.
What is a healer?
Name of the large empire in Mexico during the 1500s.
What is Aztec?
What Cortes wanted from the Aztecs.
What is all their riches?
A crude fort intended for defense.
What is a stockade?
The name of the outpost La Salle built.
What is Ft. Saint Louis?
The tribe he first encountered in Texas.
What is Karankawa?
Cibola was known as this.
What is The Seven Cities of Gold?
Cortes attacked the Aztecs and destroyed their capital city, Tenochtitlan. What was built on the ruins?
What is Mexico City?
Cortes was given this by Moctezuma to avoid a war.
What is gold (proof of riches)?
Name La Salle gave the land he claimed along the Mississippi River basin. It was named in honor of King Louis XIV of France.
What is Louisiana?
The leader of Cabeza de Vaca's failed expedition to explore the area between Florida and Mexico.
Who is Panfilo de Narvaez?
Built on the site of the ruins of the Aztecs and became the capital of New Spain.
What is Mexico City?
Name of the Aztec capital.
What is Tenochtitlan?
A Spanish nun named Maria de Jesus de Agreda was known as this.
What is The Lady in Blue?