Age of Contact

Which explorer was not a Conquistador?

• Cortes

• de Vaca

• La Salle

• Coronado

Cortes conquered which native tribe?

• Inca

• Aztecs

• Comanche

• Karwankawa

The Seven Cities of Gold was searched by?

• Coronado

• La Salle

• Cortes

• de Vaca

La Salle FIRST wanted to...

• search for the Seven Cities of Gold

• claim land for Spain

• establish a trade route for France

• move to Mexico

Where did La Salle claimed land for France?

• Near the Aztec empire

• Present day Galveston Island

• Mexico

• Along the Mississippi River Valley

Cabeza de Vaca is the first European to...

• find one of the Seven Cities of Gold

• set foot and explore present-day Texas and Mexico

• defeat the Aztec empire

• name Mexico

Spain introduced these things to the new world EXCEPT...

• gold

• horses

• guns

• disease

Conquistadors were interested in the "3 G's"- God, Glory and...

• Gospel

• Gold

• Gloom

• Greatness

de Pineda was important because he...

• found one of the Seven Cities of Gold

• conquered the Aztecs

• mapped the gulf coast

• was the first European to step foot on Texas soil

Which tribes relied almost entirely on the bison or buffalo for survival

• Plains tribes
• Southeastern/Woodland tribes
• Western Gulf Coast tribes
• Pueblo tribes