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100

Widespread outbreaks of disease

What is an epidemic

100

The first explorer to write about his expeditions

Who was deVaca

100

First European to see the Texas coast.  First to map the northern Gulf of Mexico.

Who was Pineda

100

Sailed from Jamaica to the Gulf of Mexico

Who was Pineda

100

Expedition crossed the Texas Panhandle and found the Zuni Pueblos

What was the Coronado Expedition 

200

The wild offspring of the horses the Spanish brought to the Americas

What is a mustang

200

Chosen to lead the mission to colonize the land of the Pueblo Indians

Who was Juan Onate

200

Led another voyage to the Gulf of Mexico. Also landed in Florida

Who was Narvaez

200

What explorer widely travelled Texas in search of a return to Spanish Mexico

Who was de Vaca

200

Founded the colony of New Mexico

Who was Juan Onate

300

The royal governor, of New Spain

What is a viceroy

300

The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases

What was the Columbian Exchange

300

North African slave served as captain under Narváez

Who was Estevanico

300

Shipwrecked along the Texas coast, captured by Karankawas

Who was Narvaez

300

Defeated the Aztec Empire

Who was Hernan Cortes

400

Spanish soldier-adventurers in search of glory, gold, and land.

What is a conquistador

400

Conquistador who sailed from Spanish Cuba to the eastern coast of Mexico.

Who was Cortes

400

A 30-year-old conquistador, commanded the Spanish force to conquer Cibola

Who was Coronado

400

Eventual leader of the Coronado expedition; did not find riches and decided to head to Mexico City

Who was Moscoso

400

Sponsored Christopher Columbus on his explorations

Who was King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

500

The lost city of gold

What was Cibola

500

Aztec Empire, leader

Who was Moctezuma II

500

Was the first emperor of Mexico

Who was Agustin de Iturbide

500

The year of Pineda's exploration

What is 1519

500

Brought devastating diseases and useful horses to North America

What was the Columbian Exchange

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