PEGS 1
PEGS stands for...
Political, Economy, Geography, Social
Three reasons for Spanish Exploration
God, Glory, Gold
Europeans brought this to the New World and it killed many Native Americans.
Diseases
A group of buildings built to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Missions
As part of the Spanish colonization of The New World, the area of Mexico and southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California) were part of what colony?
New Spain
What category does "Gold" fall under?
Economy
This explorer thought he landed in India, but actually landed near Cuba, and called the local people Indians.
Christopher Columbus
The transfer of animals, plants, ideas, diseases, and people between the Old World and the New World
Columbian Exchange
This was built by the Spanish to protect Missions and nearby villages.
Presidios
a person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information and self benefit
Explorer
"God" falls into which PEGS category?
Social
Explorer/Conquistador who created the first map of the Gulf Coast for future Spanish colonization in 1519.
Alvarez De Pineda
Name three animals that were introduced to the Native Americans
Cattle, sheep, pigs, horses
Missions were established near rivers because...
...they needed water.
A trip or journey undertaken by a group of people for a specific goal
Expedition
"Glory" falls under which category?
Political/Geography
This Explorer was ship wrecked in the Gulf of Mexico, met the Karankawa, and wrote a book about his adventures in the New World
Cabeza de Vaca
List 2 foods that were transferred from the New World to the Old World
Beans, chocolate, peanuts, pineapples, pumpkins, squash, sweet potatoes, tobacco, tomatoes, turkey
The purpose of a Mission was to...
...convert Native Americans to Christianity.
An area of land that is controlled by or belongs to a country that is usually far away from it.
Colonization
In the Missions, many women stayed at home to take care of their families. Which PEGS category would this fall into?
Social
Spanish conquistador who took over the Aztec capital of Tenochitilán (modern day Mexico City) in 1521
Hernan Cortez
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of animals, plants, ideas, diseases, and people between the Old World and the New World
Which Mission was built as a half-way-point between Mexico and East Texas?
San Antonio de Valero,
The Alamo
This Explorer was enslaved by Native Americans
Cabeza de Vaca