Explorers and Missions

What were the Three G's that Spanish Explorers were seeking?

• Grapes, Gold, God
• God, Gold, Glory
• Gold, Greatness, Ground
• God, Gold, Garden

What is a conquistador?

• Spanish soldier explorer

• middle passage

• Native Americans

What was the main purpose of Columbus' exploration?

• Searching for gold in South America

• Finding slave labor to bring to Spain

• Searching for a water route to Asia

• Bringing Spanish settlers to start a new colony

Columbus landed in the Americas on

• October 12, 1842
• October 12, 1932
• October 12, 1222
• October 12, 1492

The Spanish Explorer _______, conquered the ______.

• Columbus/Spaniards
• Coronado/Floridians
• Cortes/Aztecs
• Magellan/Philippines

The exchange of diseases caused ______ to the Native American people.

• destruction
• danger
• devastation
• digression

An organized trip can also be called an __________

• vacation
• excursion
• expedition
• exploration

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• Columbus traded prisoners of war with the Native Americans

• An exchange of gold for the right to live in North America.

• Trading goods for slaves throughout the New World

• The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean

Who was the Spanish explorer who made the first maps of the Texas coast in 1519.

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Cortes

• La Salle

• Pineda

Explorers from Spain & France both claim land for their country in this era...

• Natural Texas & Its People

• Age of Contact

• Early Colonization of TX

• Mexican National