Where
Columbus's expedition was funded by this country.
What was Spain?
First explorer to unknowingly come to the America's
Who was Columbus?
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in search of a quicker route to Asia.
What is 1492?
A privately owned ship equipped with weapons.
What is a privateer?
Purpose of Spanish Exploration.
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
Columbus was trying to find a quicker route to this Continent.
What was Asia?
He was a part of the Narvaez Expedition. First European to Texas, lived with Karankawa for 7 years.
Who was Cabeza de Vaca?
Alvarez Pineda mapped or charted the coastline of Texas.
What is 1519?
A spokesperson for the King or Queen.
What is a viceroy?
Purpose of French exploration.
What is fur?
Juan de Onate established a settlement at the upper end of this river.
What was the Rio Grande?
Conquered the Aztec City of Tenochtitlan, renaming it Mexico City.
Who was Hernan Cortez?
La Salle established a settlement near Matagorda Bay.
What is 1685?
A Spanish soldier/explorer.
What is a conquistador?
Name of La Salle's ship that sank in Maagorda Bay.
What is La Belle?
Coronado was looking for the Cities of Cibola and this city too located near Wichita, Kansas.
What was Quivera?
He searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola and Quivera traveling through the Southwest and the panhandle of Texas.
Who was Francisco Coronado?
Cortez conquers the City of Tenochtitlan.
What is 1519?
First Spanish settlement.
What is a mission?
Name of La Salle's settlement.
What is Ft. St. Louis?
Columbus was from this country.
What was Italy?
Established a settlement on the upper end of the Rio Grande in 1598.
Who was Juan de Onate?
In 1685 he left France in search of the mouth of the Mississippi so he could establish a settlement there.
He missed his destination and ended up lost in Matagorda Bay.
What was La Salle?
To make your way through water.
What is navigate?
Why Spain was looking for a different route to Asia.
What is high fees being charged by the Ottoman Empire to cross through their lands?