Vocabulary
a trick
What is a hoax?
During this year, Hernando Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire.
What is 1519?
These were the only people living in North America until the 1500s.
Who are the Native Americans?
The Seven Cities of Gold turned out to be a _________ or a trick.
What is a hoax?
a male ruler of an empire
What is an emperor?
During this year, Francisco Coronado tries and fails to find the Seven Cities of Gold.
What is 1540?
After the Spanish defeated the Aztec Empire, they named it ______________.
What is New Spain?
Cabeza de Vaca claimed he found _______ once he returned to Mexico City.
What is gold?
a journey to explore
What is an expedition?
In _________, Francisco Coronado sends Father Marcos de Niza to search for the Seven Cities of Gold.
What is 1539?
During his time in captivity, Cabeza de Vaca learned how to do this skill.
This is a territory ruled by an outside country.
What is a colony?
A person who travels to new territories to spread religious faith.
What is a missionary?
During this year, Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecks off the coast of Texas.
What is 1528?
This person guided Francisco Coronado's group to the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.
Who is Father Marcos de Niza?
Describe how Hernando Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire.
Cortes and his army surrounded the empire and starved the people out. (Extra Fact: Lack of food and fresh water caused disease, which killed many.)
The newly discovered lands of North and South America.
What is the New World?
In ________, Cabeza de Vaca reaches Mexico City in "New Spain."
What is 1536?
This person led Hernando Cortes to the Seven Cities of Gold.
Who is Esteban?
Explain why Francisco Coronado felt like a failure, but why we consider him a success. (BOTH explanations needed to gain points.)
1. Coronado felt like a failure because he did not find gold. 2. We find him a success because his expeditions led to accurate maps of parts of North America.