European Exploration

What are the three G's of European Exploration

• Grey, Gold, Goose

• God, Gold, Glory

• Good, Glory, Gold

• Gold, God, Great

Which explorer sailed for Spain in 1492. He was in search of a new route to Asia/India.

• Christopher Columbus

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Pineda

• Coronado

Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs claiming the land as "New Spain"

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Coronado

• Hernan Cortez

• La Salle

This Spanish explorer mapped the coastline from the tip of Florida all the way to Mexico giving us a map of the Gulf of Mexico coastline. Spoiler alert! He was killed in Mexico by the natives.

• Christopher Columbus

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Hernan Cortez

• Pineda

This Spanish conquistador was shipwrecked near present day Galveston. With his companion Estevancio, they lived with the Karankawa's for 7 years then set off on a journey to explore parts of Texas and Mexico. This explorer wrote a book about his journey citing seven cities of gold. Who Am I ?

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Coronado

• Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

After one of my exploring friends wrote a book about the seven cities of gold. I went out in search for these cities. I never found the cities but I did find the Grand Canyon and the Palo Duro Canyon. Who Am I?

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Coronado

• Pineda

• La Salle

I am the know it all stumbling bumbling French explorer who laid claim to the Louisianan territory in the U.S. I also established Fort St. Louis in Texas flying my French flag on Texas soil. I am not a good navigator at all, and I was murdered by my own men because my colony was failing. Who Am I

• Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• La Salle

• Coronado

This was a massive land purchase by the United States that doubled its size. We purchased this land for $15 million dollars from the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte. What was I called?

• Louisiana territory

• Louisiana purchase

• Louisiana

• Louisiana exchange

buildings that housed and converted Native Americans to Catholicism.

• Spanish Missions

• French Missions

• Mission Impossible

• Church

What was the purpose of the Spanish mission system.

(Select all answers that apply)

• To colonize Texas

• To convert Native Americans to Catholicism

• To create a buffer between the French and Spanish territory

• To have the most catholic churches in the United States