Conquistadors
This conquistador defeated the Aztecs & killed Moctezuma.
Who was Hernando Cortes?
He searched Florida for the Fountain of Youth but never found it.
Who Juan Ponce de Leon?
These towns were the center of framing, trade & worship.
What are pueblos?
Spanish lands were divided into these two regions.
What are New Spain & New Peru?
This group was born in Spain & held the highest positions in the government & church.
Who were the Peninsulares?
He captured & killed Atahualpa, ruler of the Inca Empire.
Who was Francisco Pizarro?
His expedition was destroyed by storms in the Gulf of Mexico, with survivors taken hostage.
Who was Panfilo de Narvaez?
These protected Spanish towns & farms.
What are presidios?
This official was the highest ranking leader in Spain's American colonies?
What is a viceroy?
This group was born in the Americas to Spanish parents, could own lands and well educated.
Who were the Creoles?
These four advantages helped the Spanish defeat powerful empires.
What are better technology, horses, mistaken identity as gods, and European diseases?
This explorer wandered across Arizona and New Mexico looking for the Seven Cities of Gold.
Who was Francisco Coronado?
These communities were run by priests & friars.
What are missions?
This system of rules covered towns, military, trade & land ownership but was often ignored.
What are the Laws of the Indies?
This group worked as the farmers, ranchers, and tradesmen and eventually became the largest social class.
Who were the Mestizos?
These Spanish conquerors were motivated by glory, fame, and gold?
Who were the conquistadors?
This survivor of Narvaez expedition walked over 1,000 miles across Texas.
Who was Cabeza de Vaca?
This was the first permanent settlement in the United States?
What is St. Augustine?
At first these people governed the Spanish colonies but were removed for being corrupt.
Who were the conquistadors?
This group was the lowest in society and was kept in poverty for hundreds of years.
Who were the Native Americans?
This African slave escaped with Cabeza de Vaca and walked across Texas.
Who was Estevanico?
Most of these expeditions ended with no positive results.
What were the Spanish expeditions of the northern borderlands?
This revolt temporarily drove the Spanish out of New Mexico in 1680.
What was the Pueblo Revolt?
These two purposes motivated the Spanish to explore and settle the land to the north.
What are gold & fame?
This trade forcibly brought Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to work in the colonies.
What was the Transatlantic Slave Trade?