Chapter 5 Vocabulary

An Italian sailor named ___________ ​believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean

• Montezuma II

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• Conquistadores

the Spaniards learned of ​

the powerful and wealthy Aztec Empire, led by

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Panifilo de Naraez

• Moctezuma II

Spanish ​soldier-adventurers in search of glory, gold, and land.

• Conquistadors

• Moscoso Expedition

• Viceroy

• Estevanico

In 1519 conquistador_________sailed from Spanish Cuba to the ​eastern coast of Mexico. There he founded La Villa Rica de Vera Cruz, ​the first Spanish settlement on the American mainland.

• Alvar Nunez Cadeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortez

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

____________ ​and his crew were the first Europeans to

see the Texas coast.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortez

• Alvar Nunez Cadeza de Vaca

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

In 1527 ______________ led ​another voyage to the Gulf of Mexico.

• Panfilo de Narvaez

• Estevanico

• Juan de Onate

Explorer _________ described their desperation. “It became clear that we could leave this ​terrible land only by dying.”

• Mustangs

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de vaca

• Juan de Onate

• Fracisco Vasquez de Coronado

Narváez expedition who had become slaves of the Coahuiltecans. Two of them Alonzo del Castillo and Andrés Dorantes—had served as captains ​under Narváez. The third was a North African slave named ________

• Hernan Cortez

• Juan de Onate

• Epedemies

• Estevanico

royal governor

• Estevancio

• Viceroy

• Columbian Exchange

• Moscoso Expedition

__________ a 30-year-old conquistador, ​commanded this force. Riding a stallion, Coronado made an impressive ​

sight in gold-plated armor and a steel helmet with bright feathers.

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Mustangs

• Estevancico

• Hernan Cortez