Spanish Exploration & Colonization Flashcards

1
Q

____ were built to house soliders.

A

Presidios

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2
Q

____ were built to house people and families.

A

Towns

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3
Q

____ were built to convert Native Americans to turn to Catholicism and to do Spanish culture.

A

Missions

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4
Q

Small part of a military force sent to scout.

A

Detachment

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5
Q

A armed boat

A

privateer

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6
Q

High ranking official

A

viceroy

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7
Q

To work around something

A

navigate

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8
Q

Spanish people who colonize and claim land

A

conquistador

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9
Q

Conquered Aztec Empire for Spain

A

Cortes

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10
Q

Mapped the Texas coastline

A

Pineda

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11
Q

Died in a hurricane

A

Narvaez

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12
Q

Stranded on the Galveston Island; crashed on the Narvaez expedition

A

Cabeza de Vaca

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13
Q

Discovered land thought to be India

A

Columbus

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14
Q

Discovered Palo Duro Canyon

A

Coronado

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15
Q

Established Fort Saint Louis

A

la Salle

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16
Q

Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas.

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

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17
Q

Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

A

Damian Massanet

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18
Q

More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements

A

Escandon

19
Q

Opened the most successful mission in East Texas.

A

Jesus

20
Q

Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas.

A

San Antonio de Bexar

21
Q

Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

A

Los Adaes

22
Q

First Mission in East Texas

A

San Francisco de
los Tejas

23
Q

Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

A

San Antonio de Valero

24
Q

Place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

A

Quivira

25
Q

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

A

Fort St. Louis

26
Q

What were the two main reasons missions failed?

A

Native American disinterest and disease

27
Q

What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live the in the missions?

A

Food and security

28
Q

First European to see the TX coast

A

Pineda

29
Q

He founded 20 settlements in southern Texas.

A

Escandon

30
Q

Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

31
Q

Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.

A

Cabeza de Vaca

32
Q

Survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas

A

Narvaez

33
Q

Founded 20 settlements in Southern Texas

A

Escadon

34
Q

Built Mexico City in New Spain.

A

Cortes

35
Q

Drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other explorers.

A

Pineda

36
Q

Inspired explorers to sail west

A

Columbus

37
Q

Searched for Cibola and Quivira

A

Coronado

38
Q

Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War

A

Aguayo

39
Q

He claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France

A

la Salle

40
Q

San Antonio de Valero
was founded

A

1718

41
Q

Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley

A

Jose Escandon

42
Q

Sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War.

A

Aguayo

43
Q

His journey began the Age of Contact

A

Cabeza de Vaca

44
Q

Murdered by his own men

A

la Salle