European Explorers
Who was Christopher Columbus?
What was Mission San Antonio de Valero?
Spanish for plantation
What is hacienda?
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Spanish explorer who led ill-fated journey that included being captured by the Karankawa and later being seen as a healer by the natives.
Hint: "Head of cow"
Who was Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca?
** 200 BONUS POINTS **
First East Texas Mission that later failed as a result of intense resistance to conversion by the Caddo.
What was San Francisco de Los Tejas?
** DAILY DOUBLE **
Second-in-command to de Soto and saw the expedition to completion after his death. Reached Texas and later Mexico.
Who was Luis de Moscoso Alvarado?
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Spanish Conquistador who explored the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas on a journey to find the lost cities of gold.
Who is Franscisco Vázquez de Coronado?
First permanent European settlement in Texas, near El Paso.
What was Corpus Christi de la Ysleta?
** 200 BONUS POINTS **
Created first maps of New World, and "America" is named after him.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
Spanish explorer who may have been first European to land in Texas after traveling along coast of Gulf of Mexico
Who was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda?
French explorer who claimed area surrounding Mississippi River for France, naming it Louisiana after King Louis XIV of France.
Who was Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle? ("La Salle")
Spanish explorer who was first to explore interior Southeastern region (FL, GA, SC, NC, MS, AL, TN, IL, etc.) of United States, and reached Mississippi River just before his death.
Who was Hernando de Soto?
Spanish conquistador who conquered Aztecs by destroying the capital Tenochtitlan in 1521.
Who was Hernando Cortéz?
A way station on El Camino Real for East Texas missions and to guard against French invasion.
What was San Fernando de Bexar?
Reasons why Spanish colonization of Texas was a failure.
2. Missionary attempts were unsuccessful
3. Texas was too far from Mexico City
4. "Unpopular" to live in Texas
(Must name at least 3)