Spanish Colonization
Spanish Colonizers
Maps & Travel Routes
France in Texas
Vocabulary
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Who was the explorer who defeated the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortez
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Who mapped the coast of Texas?
de Pineda
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Who traveled along route #1?
Pineda
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What was the name of the French explorer who settled in Texas after missing the Mississippi River?
La Salle
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What is a conquistador?
a Spanish soldier coming to take over land and look for wealth
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What does "the 3 G's" stand for?
God (converting natives to Christianity), Glory (expanding the Spanish empire), Gold (natural resources, including land)
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Who sent back the first reports on the natives of Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca
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Who traveled along path #3, heading towards the Mississippi River?
La Salle
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What was the settlement that La Salle established?
Fort St. Louis
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of goods (food and animals), enslaved people (from Africa to North America), and diseases (from Europe to North America) between the three continents
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What were most Spanish conquistadors looking for?
Gold, or the mythical cities of gold (Cibola)
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Who first sailed to North America, landing in the Bahamas?
Christopher Columbus
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Who traveled across many states, including Northern Texas, looking for gold?
Coronado
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What river did the French want to control?
the Mississippi
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What is a missionary?
a Spanish priest or friar who came to North America to teach native peoples about Christianity
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What city lies destroyed under Mexico City?
Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital city
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What was the purpose of Coronado's journey, and where did he travel?
He was looking to find gold, and he traveled through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma
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Who never traveled to Texas, instead going to Mexico City and destroying the empire there?
Hernan Cortes
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What happened to La Salle and La Salle's fort?
his bad decisions led to his followers killing him, and the native peoples (Karankawa) attacked his fort and destroyed it
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What does "colonization" mean?
to take over a land with the intention of creating a settlement and owning all the resources present
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What was the main function of a mission?
to convert the natives
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What is the era between 1500 and 1600 known as?
The Age of Contact
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Who created a permanent settlement in El Paso, following the Rio Grande River? (path 6)
Juan de Oñate
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How did French settlement affect Spanish colonization?
Because Spain had claimed the land, but France had landed in their claimed land and built a settlement, Spain began focusing on making sure they built forts and missions to keep France from taking what they claimed
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What does "convert", as in "converting native peoples to Christianity", mean?
To force or encourage people to change their religion, sometimes with serious consequences