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Don Juan de Onate
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Esteban
Frair Marcos
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When was Onate born?

1550 in Spain

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Where was Coronado born?

Salamanca, Spain

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Where was Cabeza de Vaca born?

Jerez de la Frontera, Spain

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Where was Esteban from?

Sub Saharan Africa

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Where was Friar Marcos born?

France in 1495

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When did Onate come to America and what is the place he was sent to conquer?

1598 and Nuevo Mexico

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What was Coronado searching for in his travels?

The 7 Cities of Cibola or Gold

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Who did Cabeza de Vaca come with on the original expedition? (when he was in Florida)

Panfilo de Narvaez 

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Who did he originally travel with?

Cabeza de Vaca

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What is another term we can use to describe the Franciscan Friar and his original intentions for coming to the New World. 

He was a Priest

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What major trading route was Onate the first to travel down? (Royal Road)

El Camino Real

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Why was Coronado able to conquer the Zuni Indians so quickly?

He had a massive expedition with around 300 soldiers, 800 Indian Allies, and 1000 slaves. 

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How many years did he and Esteban wander around the New World before finally finding New Spain and when did they finally find New Spain?

8 years, 1536

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Why do you think Esteban was chosen to lead Friar Marcos's expedition North of New Spain?

He had a knowledge of the region because of his travels with Cabeza de Vaca

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What did Friar Marcos want from his expeditions in the American Southwest?

Gold, spread the word of God, and get glory from it all. 

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In 1598, what revolt did Onate command that left many Indian soldiers with one less foot.

Acoma Revolt

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What was the "great waste of space"?

Grand Canyon

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What story did Cabeza de Vaca spread in Spain while claiming it to not exist in New Spain?

Legend of Cibola

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How was Esteban different from all the conquistadors that he traveled with in the New World?

Esteban was an African so he was Black compared to all the white conquistadors he traveled with. 

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What distant pueblo did Friar Marcos see from a mesa and thought was a city of gold?

Hawikah

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How was Onate's soldiers able to fight the Acoma during the Acoma Revolt?

The used small hand and foot holes to climb to the top of the mesa. 

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Why did they say the place discovered by Coronado's soldiers was a "great waste of space?"

They could not conquer and build on the land therefor it was not important to them.
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What conquistadors experiences lead to a whole hearted belief of the seven cities of gold?

Hernan Cortez and his experiences with the Mayans and Aztecs

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What group killed him and why?

Zuni; He made demands for gold, carried a gourd, and he was black and thought to be an evil spirit.

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Was Frair Marcos's expedition successful? why or why not?

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