Seven Cities of Cibola

European Exploration: Spanish Explorers

European Exploration Motivations

• Motivations of Exploration include:

• Economic

• Religious

• Competition for land and trade

European Exploration

European explorers also experience many obstacles.

• Poor maps and navigational tools
• Disease and starvation
• Fear of the unknown
• Lack of Adequate Supplies

Multiple Choice

What is a motivation o exploration

• Disease

• Sleep

• Economic

Accomplishments

European Explorers accomplished:

·    Exchanged goods and ideas

·    Improved navigational tools and ships

·    Claimed territories

Spain : Spanish Explorers

*Spain was looking to make money with gold.

*Spanish rulers heard stories of cities made of gold and other precious gems.   

Spanish Explorers: Interactions

Conquered (Conquistadors)and enslaved American Indians

Brought Christianity to the New World.

Carried  European diseases that killed millions of native peoples.

Multiple Select

What did the Spanish explorers bring to North America

• European diseases

• Religion/ Christianity

• Gold and silver

• Maize

Spanish Exploration: Francisco Coronado

• Was a Spanish explorer/Conquistador
• Claimed the Southwest of the United States for Spain
• Claimed the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon

Multiple Select

What did Coronado claim for Spain

• England for Spain

• The Southwest for Spain

• Colorado River / Grand Canyon

• Paris

Spanish Explorers: Coronado

• Coronado soon realized that the Seven Cities of Cibola was just a myth.
• Coronado and his team came across the Continental Divide and the Grand Canyon.
• The expedition also brought the Spanish into contact with the Pueblo Indians.