Vocabulary
What are members of the indigenous people dominant in Mexico before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century called?
Aztec
What year did Columbus arrive in North America and start the Age of Contact?
1492
Álvar Núñez de Cabeza de Vaca is best known today for what?
Exploring Texas.
What was the main industry in the French territories of North America?
fur trading
What factor had the most negative impact on American Indian populations in the 1600s?
exposure to European disease such as smallpox
What is the industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur?
Fur Trade
Why did the Spanish conquistadors start sailing to the Americas?
to find gold
Where did Columbus actually land on his first voyage of discovery?
an island in the Caribbean Sea
Which river was La Salle looking for when he set sail from France in 1684?
Mississippi
What is the name given to the Western Hemisphere by a European writer and mapmaker after Columbus' death?
America
A conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru is called a what?
Conquistadors
Today's Mexico City was originally what?
the city Tenochtitlán
Why was La Salle killed after he reached Texas?
His own crew turned on him
The failure of La Salle's colony ended French attempts to colonize Texas. What did the French establish themselves at the mouth of the Mississippi and continue to threaten Texas along?
the Louisiana frontier
Spaniards allegedly read the Requerimiento before every battle that they fought. What did this document state they would do if the enemy agreed to accept the king of Spain as their monarch and Christianity as their religion?
not go to war against them
What was the legal document drawn up in 1513, to be read before initiation of the conquest of American Indians known as?
Requerimiento
Álvarez de Pineda’s voyage most helped the Spanish learn about which of the following?
Texas Gulf Coast
Who was El Turco?
A guide for Coronado
What was the impact of Fort St. Louis on Spanish activity in Texas
Spanish shifted from exploring west Texas to colonizing east Texas
What is the Northwest Passage
A sea route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean