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Spanish/French
#6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What river did La Salle sail down from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico? | Mississippi |
| What did La Salle name the land he claimed near the Mississippi River? | Louisiana |
| Who did the French want to drive out of North America? | Spanish |
| The French wanted to capture the rich _______ _________ of the Spanish. | silver mines |
| In order to have a better claim to America, the French decided to build a permanent __________ at the Mouth of the Mississippi River. | colony |
| After missing the mouth of the Mississippi River by 400 miles, La Salle went ashore on ______________ Bay on the Texas coast. | Matagorda |
| Name a hardship of La Salle’s expedition on its way to establish a French colony in North America. | Karankawas diseases overwork crops failed starvation |
| Coronado was known for | Traveling through the panhandle Not finding the 7 cities of gold |
| Cibola was | The "famed" 7 cities of gold |
| Esteban was | I was a slave from Africa who was stranded in Texas with Cabeza de Vaca. |
| Cabeza de Vaca was known for | I was shipwrecked with other members of Spanish expedition on Galveston Island off the coast of Texas. I lived over 6 years with the Karankawa Indians and wrote about my adventures in a diary. |
| Pineda was known for | I was the first European to explore the Gulf coast 1519. I drew maps and charts of the Texas coast. |
| Cortes was known for | I was the greatest of all the Spanish Conquistadors who conquered the Aztecs in 1519. |
| Friars | convert the natives to the Roman Catholic faith. |
| Conquistador | I was what the military leaders of Spain |
| The three G's | Gold, God, and Glory |
| What did the Caddo call the Spainards? | Tayshas |
| The Spanish and the Comanches had a common enemy that they would fight against | Apaches |
| Spain tried to colonize Texas throughout the late 1700's, but conflicts with _____________ and _____________ interfered. | Apaches and Comanches |
| During the American Revolution, both _____________ and ___________ helped the colonists. | France Spain |
| Who has the best class in the 7th grade | Coach Tidwell....duh |
| defining characteristics of the Age of contact are...... | Spanish and French Explorers |
| Motivation of European explorers | Gold |
| European exploration took place btw ______________ and _____________ years | 1500's-late 1600's |
| What was the purpose of cabeza de vaca's expedition? | conquer the gulf coast btw florida and Mexico |
| Put these in chronological order Coronado explores the panhandle of tx Cabeza de vaca reports on Texas through diary Pineda maps texas | Pineda maps texas Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas through diary Coronado explores panhandle of Tx |
| Who was the first spanish explorer to actually explore the interior of texas | Cabeza de vaca |
| Pineda is known for mapping texas and..... | being the 1st European to see Texas and claim it for spain |
| Pineda mapped texas in what year | 1519 |
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