Unit 3 & 4 Test Flashcards
What are the three reasons the Spanish have for expanding their empire?
Gold, God, Glory
Who began looking for a west water route to Asia in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Where did Columbus think he landed?
He thought that he landed in the Indies
Where did Columbus actually land?
An island in the Bahamas
Why did Europeans want to reach Asia?
Asia was a land rich in spices, tea, silk, and porcelain.
What were Europeans looking for in the 1400s?
Europeans began looking for an all-water route to Asia.
What was the time frame that all of these explorers were looking for land?
1400s - 1600s
What did they call their empire in the Americas?
New Spain
Which explorer sailed from Cuba to the east coast of Mexico and established the settlement of Veracruz?
Hernan Cortes
Why did he turn his attention away from Veracruz?
He learned of the existence of wealthy and powerful Aztec Empire
What was Tenochtitlan?
The Capital of the Aztec Empire
What ended up happening after Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan?
Fighting erupted between the Spaniards and the Aztecs.
What happened to the city of Tenochtitlan?
It lays in ruins
____ were built to house soldiers who protected settlers.
Presidios
When the ships reached Haiti, a Spanish ______ captured one of the French vessels.
privateer
La Salle and his men built Fort St. Louis. It was not truly a settlement but a _________.
Stockade
___________ were founded to convert and educate the native peoples in the Spanish culture and religion.
Missions
Spain’s highest-ranking official in New Spain was _________ Antonio de Mendoza.
Viceroy
Coronado was a young noble who had been named governor of one of the _________of New Spain.
Provinces
Spanish ____________ helped to conquer and settle lands for Spain.
Conquistadors
La Salle led an expedition to to the entire length of the Mississippi River.
navigate
What did Pineda do that was very important for Texas Exploration?
He drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other explorers.
Who was the first European to see the TX coast?
Pineda
What year did Pineda see the coast of TX?
1519
Did Narvaez expedition go well?
No
What happened to Narvaez in his expedition?
He died in a hurricane.
The survivors of _______’s expedition washed ashore in TX
Narvaez
_____________’s survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas
Narvaez
Who was the First European to explore Texas
Cabeza de Vaca
___________ Shipwrecked on the Texas Coast
Cabeza de Vaca
___________’s journey began the Age of Contact
Cabeza de Vaca
____________ Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.
Cabeza de Vaca
Searched for Cibola and Quivira
Coronado
Discovered Palo Duro Canyon
Coronado
_______ Established Fort St. Louis
La Salle
____________ Claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France
La Salle
_____________________ was Murdered by his own men
La Salle
______________ was Sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War.
Father Francisco Hidalgo
______ Established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas.
Father Francisco Hidalgo
__________ was a Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas
Damian Massanet
____________ Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas.
Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas.
____________ Opened the most successful mission in East Texas.
Antonio Margil de Jesus
__________ was the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
Jose de Escandon
More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements.
Jose de Escandon
Founded 20 settlements in southern Texas.
Jose de Escandon
Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War.
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
Which region separated Spanish land?
New France
Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands? Why?
Europe’s biggest rival was New France. France was their biggest rival because they bordered unoccupied Spanish Texas. It would have been fairly easy for the French to take that land.
French settlement near Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas
Los Adaes
First Mission in East Texas
San Francisco de
los Tejas
Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo
San Antonio de Valero
place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold
Quivira
Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas
San Antonio de Bexar
