spanish exploration

Question 1

discovered new lands thought to be Asia + inspired explorers to sail west

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus

Question 2

conquered Aztec Empire for Spain + built Mexico City in New Spain

Answer 2

Hernan Cortes

Question 3

first European to see and map the Texas coastline in 1519

Answer 3

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Question 4

survivors of his expedition washed ashore and were stranded in Texas

Answer 4

Panfilo de Narvaez

Question 5

was shipwrecked on the coast of Texas + his journey began the Age of Contact

Answer 5

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Question 6

searched for Cibola and Quivira + discovered Palo Duro Canyon

Answer 6

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 7

french explorer who established Fort St. Louis + claimed the Mississippi River for France + was killed in a mutiny lead against him

Answer 7

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Question 8

asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 8

Father Francisco Hidalgo

Question 9

priest that built San Francisco do los Tejas + wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas

Answer 9

Damian Massanet

Question 10

opened the most successful missions in East Texas

Answer 10

Antonio Margil de Jesus

Question 11

father of the lower RIo Grande + founded 20 settlements with more than 6,000 settlers in each

Answer 11

Jose de Escandon

Question 12

established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Texas + reopened missions and was sent to drive the French out of East Texas after the Chicken War

Answer 12

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

Question 13

the French arrived at Los Adaes but only one friar and one soldier were at the mission, so they were easily taken by the French; two Spaniards were able to escape and tell other settlements, so the Spanish fled to San Antonio

Answer 13

Chicken War

Question 14

Presidio San Antonio de Bexar was established by Martin de Alarcon, later became the city of San Antonio in this year

Answer 14

1718

Question 15

Cabeza de Vaca’s journey starts

Answer 15

1528

Question 16

built to teach and convert natives

Answer 16

missions

Question 17

build to house soldiers who protected the settlers

Answer 17

presidios

Question 18

spanish explorer who sought personal wealth and riches

Answer 18

conquistador

Question 19

Spain’s highest ranking official

Answer 19

viceroy

Question 20

direct a ship

Answer 20

navigate

Question 21

an armed ship owned by private people

Answer 21

privateer

Question 22

smaller parts of a country or empire

Answer 22

province

Question 23

fort built for soldiers

Answer 23

stockade

Question 24

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

Answer 24

Fort St. Louis

Question 25

unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

Answer 25

Los Adaes

Question 26

first mission in East Texas

Answer 26

San Francisco de
los Tejas

Question 27

mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

Answer 27

San Antonio de Valero

Question 28

place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

Answer 28

Quivira

Question 29

settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

Answer 29

San Antonio de Bexar

Question 30

greatest threat to New Spain’s land

Answer 30

New France