Explorers
This Spanish explorer shipwrecked on the Texas coast in 1528 and later wrote about his journey.
Who is Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca?
The “3 G’s” that motivated Spanish exploration.
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
Cabeza de Vaca became a ___ and trader among Native groups to survive.
Explorer who mapped the Texas coastline in 1519.
Who is Pineda?
The Age of Contact was when these two groups met in Texas.
Who are Europeans and Native Americans?
The first European to explore Texas.
Who is Pineda (1519, mapped the Texas coast)?
Spain wanted to spread this religion to Native peoples.
What is Christianity (Catholicism)?
Some Native tribes were friendly and helped explorers by sharing food. True or False?
What is True?
This river area was where La Salle built Fort St. Louis.
What is near the Matagorda Bay/Garcilaso River (later named the Lavaca River)?
Year Pineda mapped the Texas coast.
What is 1519?
This Spanish explorer searched for the Seven Cities of Gold but found no riches.
Who is Coronado?
France’s main motivation for establishing Fort St. Louis.
What is claiming land and expanding trade?
Diseases brought by Europeans killed many Natives because…
What is they had no immunity?
The Spanish explored Texas mainly from this direction.
What is from Mexico (south)?
La Salle’s failure in Texas encouraged Spain to…
What is build missions and settle Texas?
French explorer who established Fort St. Louis in Texas.
Who is La Salle?
Explorers hoped to find this type of water route to Asia.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Coronado described the Native villages he saw as being made of this material.
What is adobe (mud bricks)?
: Coronado explored this part of the U.S. while searching for Cíbola.
What is the Texas Panhandle and the Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Kansas)?
Which European country explored Texas first?
What is Spain?
Explorer whose expedition gave Spain its first written record of life in Texas.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
The search for this mythical treasure led to many expeditions in Texas and the Southwest.
What are the Seven Cities of Gold (Cíbola)?
The Karankawa interacted with which explorer after his shipwreck in Texas?
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
Cabeza de Vaca traveled across this region of Texas after being shipwrecked.
What is the Gulf Coast and into South Texas?
Name two reasons why Spain lost interest in Texas for a while.
What are no gold, harsh land, hostile natives?