Explorers
Expeditions
Spanish Friars
Native Americans
Presidios/Missions
100

What was the name of the explorer who mapped the Texas coast in 1519?

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

100

The first settlement on the coast of Texas was founded the same year that Alonso Alvarez de Pineda mapped the Texas coast. What year was that?

1519

100

What is a Friar?

Spanish Priest

100

Name both of the dangerous Native American tribes in Texas

Apache and Comanche

100

What year was San Antonio founded?

1718

200

Who wrote the book "La Relacion"?

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

200

What was the name of the trail that allowed for there to be a constant stream of supplies from settlement to settlement, and was a big reason why San Antonio succeeded?

El Camino Real

200

The Friar who was responsible for finding some of the most successful missions in San Antonio

Antonio Margil de Jesus

200

What religion were the Spanish Friars trying to convert the Native Americans into?

Catholics

200

Who were the Spanish afraid of taking over Texas?

French/France

300

What was the name of the explorer who conquered the Aztecs?

Hernan Cortes

300

The name of the cities that were rumored to have gold that explorers wasted a lot of money and time trying to find.

7 Cities of Cibola

300

Francisco Hidalgo is most similar to what other Friar?

Fray Damian Massanet

300

What made the Kiowas and the Coahuiltecan Native American tribes different?

What region in Texas they lived

Environment

Different territories

300

The most successful mission in Texas

San Antonio

400

Which explorer realized it was better to interact peacefully with the Native Americans instead of violent?

Cabeza de Vaca and Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle

400

Name one of the people who survived Panfilo de Narvaez's expedition?

Estevanico

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

400

Why was Antonio Margil de Jesus prosperous in San Antonio?

Constant stream of supplies

Lots of people going to San Antonio

It was a checkpoint

San Antonio River

400

Tell me one reason that Native Americans would've been happy living at a Presidio

Didn't have to hunt for food

They were given safety from the Apache and Comanche

400

The FIRST Spanish Mission in Texas

Corpus Christi de la Y'selta

500

What was the name of the Spanish conquistador who funded his own expedition to find the 7 Cities of Cibola, but never did?

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

500

What was the name of the French explorer who led an expedition down the Mississippi River to claim the Louisiana Territory for France?

Rene Robert Cavelier de La Salle

500

Which friar started the mission San Francisco de los Tejas?

Damian Massanet

500

What kind of settlements would Native Americans be able to establish with the use of baskets, and also a surplus of crops?

Permanent

500

When the French raided Spanish missions in East Texas, and forced them to abandon their missions.

Chicken War