European Explorers of Texas

Most explorers DID NOT want to be remembered and go down in history.

• True

• False

Spaniards and French wanted to spread ______________ to indigenous people.

• Christianity

• gold

• european goods

• literature

Only French explorers searched for riches in the form of gold, jewels, and other precious metals.

• True

• False

The three G's are as follows:

• Gold, Glory, and God

• Greatness, Goodness, and Gourds

• Glory, God, and Games

• Glory, Gum, and God

Conquistador means "conquerer" in Spanish.

• True

• False

Hernando Cortes was an empresario.

• True

• False

Empresarios were given permission to

• settle land and resell it

• take over villages

• look for gold

Christopher Columbus was a famous empresario.

• False

• True

Explorers traveled to new places to

• explore and claim them for their home country

• have crazy, cool adventures

• leave home and never return

• die from diseases

Robert Salle was a __________ explorer.

• French

• German

• Spanish

• Native American