The Age of Exploration

Estevanico was an African who was one of the first to explore the _______ region for Spain.

Although he began in Florida, while ________ was looking for gold, he found the Mississippi River!

________ searched the Southwest for two years but never found the seven cities of gold.

The Spanish built ______ as places for Native Americans to be taught the Catholic religion.

_______ began in America when the Spanish forced Native Americans and Africans to work without pay.

King Louis of France wanted La Salle to find a shortcut to _____ through North America.

La Salle was the first person to travel down the Mississippi to the _________ called the Gulf of Mexico.

La Salle called the land near the Mississippi "Louisiana" and said that it belonged to ____________.

After the French lost the _________ to the English they also lost most of their land in North America.

One reason the French came to _______ was to teach Native Americans how to be Catholics.