European Exploration

Question 1

European Exploration - Why did they explore?

Answer 1

1. GOD: convert everyone to Christianity
2. GOLD: Spain wanted money - to stay powerful
3. GLORY: Explorers wanted to be famous- gain recognition for their country

Question 2

Who were the Conquistadors?

Answer 2

Spanish soldiers who want to gain riches and power for themselves and Spain

Question 3

Who were the Friars?

Answer 3

went to the New World to convert Native Americans to the Catholic faith.

Question 4

What was the
Columbian Exchange?

Answer 4

Transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Question 5

What did Hernan Cortes do?

Answer 5

In 1519 Cortes landed on the coast of Mexico.

Question 6

Who did Hernan Cortes Capture and Kill

Answer 6

Montezuma

Question 7

When Cortes Killed the leader of the Aztecs, he took control of this capital city.

Answer 7

Tenochtitlan

Question 8

When Cortes Killed Montezuma, he also took control of all the Aztec ______.

Answer 8

Gold

Question 9

Where did Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca shipwreck?

Answer 9

Galveston TX

Question 10

Cabeza De Vaca was helped by these people and then kept as a slave

Answer 10

Karankawa

Question 11

After Cabeza De Vaca left Galveston, what did he do?

Answer 11

Became a healer as he traveled

Question 12

What did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda do?

Answer 12

Mapped the coast of Texas in 1519