The Explorers
Vocabulary
Early Explorers Facts
More Explorer Facts
Oldies but Goodies
100
I began the era of Exploration.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
Spanish explorers.
What are conquistadors?
100
The three reasons the Spanish were in Texas.
What is God, Gold and Glory?
100
The three boats Columbus sailed in.
What are La Nina, La Pinta, La Santa Maria?
100
The four regions of Texas.
What is Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, Central Plains, Coastal Plains?
200
I destroyed the Aztec empire.
Who is Cortes?
200
Travel for the purpose of discovery or adventure.
What is exploration?
200
Cortes is allowed into the Aztec capital because of this reason.
What is the Aztecs thought he was a god?
200
The main reason the Spanish defeat the Native Americans so easily.
What are weapons?
200
The river that makes up the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma?
What is the Red River?
300
I was shipwrecked by a storm and then wandered Texas with Native Americans for 8 years.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
300
A journey taken for a specific purpose.
What is expedition?
300
Pineda makes the first of this.
What is map of Texas coast?
300
Spain's capital city in the New World.
What is Mexico City?
300
A building material used by Mountains and Basis Native Americans?
What is adobe?
400
I went looking for gold, found none, but discovered the Grand Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon.
Who is Coronado?
400
A specific period of time used by historians to study history.
What is an era?
400
Cabeza de Vaca and Estavanico were allowed to live because of this reason.
What is they acted like medicine men?
400
The ruler of the Aztecs that was killed by Cortes and his men.
Who is Monctezuma?
400
Native Americans that move around.
What are nomads?
500
I am the first Spanish explorer to reach what is today Texas.
Who is Pineda?
500
Claim for control by a distant nation.
What is Colonization?
500
The only French explorer to come to Texas.
Who is La Salle?
500
La Salle's life ends in this way.
What is he was shot?
500

The region we live in.

Coastal Plains

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