According to your Notes
Name the 3Gs.
God, Gold, and Glory
In 1527 _____ ______ ______ joined a large expedition led by the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez. Narváez’s group became the first Europeans to enter what is now Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca
In the 1500s, Spaniards explored much of what areas?
The American mainland, many islands in the Caribbean, most of South America, all of Central America and Mexico, and parts of what is now the United States
Believed to be a golden city and part of the American fabulous cities, what were the names of the 2 cities Coronado looked for?
Cibola and Quivira
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The was a period of time when Europeans explored the New World
Age of Contact Era
The Aztec capital, ________, was torn down and a new city named “Mexico City" replaced the capital city under the new Conquistador
Tenochtitlán
Which Italian explorer left Spain with three small ships in August 1492? On October 12, 1492, he landed somewhere in the Caribbean islands.
Christopher Columbus
Define Era
a period of time noted for its events, people, or other characteristics
Coronado found a simple Native American settlement built of sticks and animal skins. What was the name of the tribe/tribes that they encountered?
The Apache, The Comanche, The Kiowa.
Spain was a Catholic country that has special privilege of what pertaining to Christopher Columbus?
Spanish Catholics had first access to Columbus’ maps
Who was the European explorer that worked for the Jamaican Government?
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
In 1488, which Portuguese explorer sailed along the west coast of Africa, past the southern tip of the continent.
Bartolomeu Dias
This is a religious settlement, often referred to as the first Spanish settlement in an area.
Mission
What was the name of the newly conquered land the European explorers claimed for Spain?
New Spain
What is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.
Colony
Who became the first European to explore the Texas coast?
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
These soldier-explorers helped conquer and settle native land for Spain and to gain wealth and glory for themselves.
Conquistadores
Who was the first French explorer to enter the area of present-day Texas?
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
Outside of the 3 Gs, what was a reason the European explorers (Like Christopher Columbus) explored new land?
Hint: The answer involves improving the economy
Finding new trade routes
What are 3 reasons why the native tribes thought European explorations was terrible?
Some were enslaved, resources were taken, and many Natives died from sickness and disease
In February 1519 Spanish conquistador ______ _______ landed in Mexico.
Hernán Cortés
Spain was a Roman Catholic nation, and its rulers wanted to ______ the Native Americans to ______.
2 answers required
convert, Catholicism
Matagorda Bay is not far from what modern Southeastern Texas city? La Salle and the colonists built an outpost that became known as Fort St. Louis.
A: Houston
B. Galveston
C: Corpus Christi
D: Lufkin
C: Corpus Christi.
What was the name of the fort that French explorer LaSalle developed to be a hopeful major trading port? Hint: It was about 40 miles inland near the mouth of the Mississippi.
Fort Saint Louis