Vocabulary
First Steps in a New Land
The Spanish Explore Texas
La Salle Sparks Spanish Interest
People
100
a Spanish Soldier
What is conquistador
100
what year did Columbus reach the west indies
What is 1492
100
what did Cabeza de Vaca discover on his expedition back to Mexico
What is buffalo
100
French landing at this bay
What is matagorda
100
thought to be the legendary god of the aztecs
Who is Cortes
200
A catholic priest sent to help gain a foothold in the americas
What is a friar
200
what was the first flag to fly over texas
What is Spanish
200
why did the Spanish send expeditions to Texas
in search of gold
200
La Salle and King Louis XIV wanted what from new Spain
What is silver mines
200
Aztec ruler taken hostage
Who is Moctezuma
300
a religious outpost
What is a mission
300
the native people of present day mexico
What is aztecs
300
why was Coronado dissapointed
Turk lied to him about the treasure
300
how many people did La Salle take with him to set up his colony
What is 280
300
Shipwrecked and lived among the Karankawa
Who is Cabeza de Vaca
400
a representative of the monarch
What is a viceroy
400
name of the aztec city of gold
What is tenochtitlan
400
Cibola was believed to be
seven cities of gold and riches
400
Second flag flown over texas
What is French
400
First Black man to enter the Americas
Who is estanvinico
500
a barrier set up to keep outsiders out
What is a stockade
500
the name of the rebuilt city Cortes destroyed
What is mexico
500
Moscoso explores east texas
in order to expand spains claim from florida to mexico
500
what were some causes of why ft. st. louis failed
What is poor crops, sickness, natives
500
French explorer that was killed
Who is La Salle
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