Exploration
La Salle
Spanish Explorers
Vocabulary
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What are the reasons for exploration after a water route to Asia was deemed impossible?

Gold, God, Glory

Increasing wealth, spreading Christianity, and expanding an empire's power

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How did La Salle die?

His men killed him

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Which explorer captured the Aztec empire in Mexico?

Hernan Cortes

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What is a shaman?

A priest/doctor for the Native Americans.

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Which region has a lot of buffalo?

Great Plains

200

Why did Columbus travel across the Atlantic Ocean?

Find a new route to Asia

200

What area did La Salle claim?

Louisiana

200

Who helped claim parts of Mexico for Spain?

Hernan Cortes

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What is exploration?

Looking for new lands or visiting and learning about those new lands

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Why did Spain build settlements in Texas?

To block the French from controlling Texas.

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What was the initial reason for European explorers sailing to America?

Find new trade routes to Asia

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What did La Salle do that caused Spain to build more forts and settlements?

He built a French fort in Texas

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Which explorer explored Texas and lived among the Karankawa?

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

300

What is a conquistador?

Spanish soldier-explorer/conqueror

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What made Coronado think there was gold in the new world?

Cabeza de Vaca's journal

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Which country first claimed Texas?

Spain

400

What was the name of the Fort that La Salle created?

Fort St. Louis

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Which explorer searched for Cibola and explored the Southwestern US?

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

400

What does undeveloped mean?

Not built up, no cities

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What was bordering Spanish Florida?

English colonies

500

What countries claimed land in Texas during the Age of Contact?

Spain and France

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Which country wanted to establish trade networks with Native Americans?

France

500

Which explorer mapped the Texas coastline for the Spanish?

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

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What is Cibola and why was it important to exploration?

The seven cities of gold. Spanish explorers looked for it.

500

What happened in 1519

The first reliable map of the Texas coastline was created.