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DeSoto
Pineda
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
La Salle
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In 1539, began an expedition into North America

De Soto

100
Who are Spanish soldiers?
Conquistadores
100
Who is the explorer that was with Narvaez, they ship wrecked twice, and landed on Malhado (the isle of misfortune)?
Cabeza de Vaca
100
Who is the explorer that found Cibola, a pueblo made of stone, sticks, and mud?
Coronado
100
What country took interest in Texas after Spain abandoned it?
France
200
Who is the explorer that went as far west as the Brazos River?
Moscoso
200

Sailed to the Texas coast in this year

1519

200

de Vaca and his fellow survivors were the first Europeans to enter and live in _______________?

Texas

200
What geographic feature did Coronado's men discover?
The Grand Canyon
200
Who claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France?
La Salle
300

True or False. DeSoto found great wealth on his expedition.

False

300

Pineda discovered that Florida was not an island but rather a peninula (true/false)

True

300
Who is the first African (Morocco in North Africa) to enter Texas?
Estevanico
300
What city did Turk ( a Native American) tell Coronado about?
Quivira
300
What bay did La Salle land in after a storm in 1685?
Matagorda Bay
400

DeSotos expedition explored this US state for 3 years.

Florida

400
Who was the Aztecs' emperor?
Moctezuma
400
Who was the viceroy that de Vaca's report, got excited about the potential treasure the New World held?
Viceroy Mendoza
400

A guide, and regarded as a hero for leading Coronado away from his villages.

The Turk

400
What is the name of the stockade that the French built in Texas?
Fort St. Louis
500

The major result of the DeSoto/Moscoso expedition for Spain.

Claim land

500
Who mapped the Gulf Coast from Florida to Veracruz (Mexico) for Governor Garay of Jamaica?
Pineda
500
What is the name of the seven cities of gold?
Cibola
500

One word to describe Coronado's expedition to the New World would be...

Failture, unsuccessful, tragic, terrible, etc.

500
Who was the king that La Salle named Louisiana for?
Louis XIV