Social Studies Test #2 Flashcards
Why did Eurpeans want to reach Asia?
Asia was rich in spices, tea, and silk.
How long did it take Cabeza de Vaca to make it back to Mexico?
8 years
What did Cabeza do while living with the Karankawas?
He was a servent, trader, and healer.
Where did Chrisrtopher Columbus think he landed?
In the Indies
What happened to Naravaez?
During his expidition, he got lost ub the Florida swamps, then died in a hurricane while trying to go back to Mexico/New Spain.
What was Pineda known for?
In 1519, he became the first European to see and map the Texas coast.
What did Cortez do?
In 1519, he concured the Aztec empire and later turned the Aztec capital called Tenochtitlah in to Mexico city.
Why did people go to the Americas?
For gold, god, and glory
What did El Turko do?
He told Coranado that there was a city of gold called Quivira, but he was lying and he was killed.
What did Fray Marcos find when he was sent to find the city of gold?
Fray Marcos saw a shinny city but it turned out to be the sun shinning on a dobe houses.
What did Coranado find when he was sent to find the city of gold?
He found a Zuni Puebloan village.
Why was there a fued between Spain and France?
Spain was scared that France would take their land, and this made Spain more intrested in Texas.
Why did La Salles settlement fail?
He Navigated wrong, a ship with supplise was stolen, they were unable to grow crops, and many were eaither killed by disease ar Karankawa after this, La Salle was killed
Who was Father Francisco Hidalgo?
He asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.
Who was Damian Massanet?
He was a riest that built San Francisco de los Tejas
Who was Antonio Margil de Jesus?
He opened the most successful mission in East Texas.
Who was Jose de Escandon?
He was called the father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, he founded 20 settlements in southern Texas, and there were More than 6,000 people that lived in his settlements.
Who was Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo?
He established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas, he was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War, and he reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War.
What region seperated the Spanish land?
New France
Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands? Why?
France because they started claiming land by New Spain
A French settlement near Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
Los Adaes
Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
First Mission in East Texas
San Francisco de
los Tejas
San Antonio de Valero
Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo
