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Purpose of a mission

• To Christianize the natives into Catholicism

• To serve as a place for gold storage

• To protect the settlers against hostile natives

• Served as a Government building

What happened in 1519?

• Cabeza de Vaca discovers the Karankawas

• Christopher Columbus discovers the new world

• Alonso de Pineda maps the coast of Texas

• Francisco de Coronado searches for Cibola

• Robert La Salle lands in East Texas and claims Texas for France

Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

• Grace
• Glory
• Greed
• Glaciers

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Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:

• to entrust
• to connect
• court
• conquerors

In what year did Cabeza de Vaca leave Spain?

• 1527

• 1492

• 1507

• 1532

Definition: Spanish soldier and explorer

• conquistador

• matador

• colonel

• panadera

In 1533, the four remaining Spaniards were captured and became ________.

• free men

• slaves

• tourists

• Indians

Cabeza de Vaca wrote a journal about _________.

• being a Spanish explorer

• the daily lives of the Indians

• getting shipwrecked

• conquering the Indians

What did Alvarez de Pineda do?

• Map the coast of Texas

• Live with the Native Americans and explore Texas

• Conquer the Aztecs

• Explore the Great Plains looking for cities of gold

What did Cabeza de Vaca do?

• Map the coast of Texas

• Live with the Native Americans and explore Texas

• Conquer the Aztecs

• Explore the Great Plains looking for cities of gold