Spanish and French Explorers

Question 1

Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish or French)

Answer 1

Spanish

Question 2

Cornado (Spanish or French)

Answer 2

Spanish

Question 3

La Salle (Spanish or French)

Answer 3

French

Question 4

Narvaez (Spanish or French)

Answer 4

Spanish

Question 5

Cortes (Spanish or French)

Answer 5

Spanish

Question 6

Columbus (Spanish or French)

Answer 6

Spanish

Question 7

Pineda (Spanish or French)

Answer 7

Spanish

Question 8

Cabeza de Vaca (What did he do)

Answer 8

8yr long journey to Veracruz
Shipwrecked by modern-day Galveston
Walked 2000+ miles

Question 9

Cornado (What did he do)

Answer 9

Searched for Cibola and Quivira

Discovered Palo Duro Canyon

Question 10

La Salle (What did he do)

Answer 10

Claimed Mississippi River Valley for France

Murdered by his own men

Established Fort St. Louis

Question 11

Narvaez (What did he do)

Answer 11

Survivors of his expedition washed ashore and were stranded in Texas

Question 12

Cortes (What did he do)

Answer 12

Built Mexico City
Conquered Aztec Empire for Spain

Question 12

Columbus (What did he do)

Answer 12

Discovered new lands thought to be Asia
Inspired explorers to sail West

Question 12

Pineda (What did he do)

Answer 12

First European to SEE Texas coast

Mapped the Texas coastline

Drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico; used by other explorers