Spanish Conquerors
What is another name for Spanish conquerors?
Conquistadors
What region of the United States of America was part of the Spanish empire?
This explorer claimed Florida for Spain. He was searching for the legendary "Fountain of Youth". He also established the first permanent settlement in the modern USA, St. Augustine, Florida.
Juan Ponce de Leon
Spain controlled Mexico and parts of the United States of America for several hundred years. Mexico and the U.S.A. are part of what continent.
North America
A large farm built by Spanish settlers
What was the main goal of the Spanish conquerors?
They wanted to find riches.
What city in Florida is the site of the first Spanish settlement in what is today the United States of America?
St. Augustine
In 1541, this explorer was in search of the legendary "Seven Cities of Gold". He crossed the Mississippi River. He got as far west as Oklahoma.
Hernando de Soto
What major body of water is WEST of Mexico City?
The Pacific Ocean
a Spanish fort
Presidio
Why did Spanish rulers allow Spanish explorers to settle in the Americas?
The Spanish explorers promised to give part of their wealth they found to the rulers.
Name at least three present-day states that were once Spanish territory.
California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Florida
In 1540, this Spaniard searched for the "Seven Cities of Gold". He wound up in present-day Kansas, but he didn't find any gold.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Name three American cities that were once part of New Spain.
El Paso, Santa Fe, and St. Augustine
a town in the Spanish-ruled lands
Pueblo
Besides perhaps getting rich, what might Spanish conquerors gain by exploring the Americas?
They claimed land in North America to settle on.
What modern state was the northern border of New Spain?
California
This Spaniard sailed south toward Mexico in 1528, but he was shipwrecked in Texas. He and some of his men made their way to Mexico City. There they told an eager audience the legend about "Seven Cities of Gold".
Cabeza de Vaca
Name at least three modern states that de Soto visited from 1539-1542.
Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana
a religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity
Mission
What two Spaniards found gold in Mexico and South America? One toppled the Aztec Empire in Mexico, and the other destroyed the Inca Empire in South America. This encouraged other Spaniards to seek wealth in the New World.
Cortes and Pizzaro
What present-day American city is the oldest capital city in New Spain?
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Though he was Portuguese, he sailed for Spain. He planned and led the first expedition to circumnavigate (sail around the world). Five ships left Spain in 1519 and one ship returned to Spain in 1522. The leader did not survive the journey.
Ferdinand Magellan
What major body of water is the EASTERN coast of Texas where Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked?
The Gulf of Mexico
Resistance, such as to a disease
Immunity