Spanish Colonial Review

Who is the person known to spread the word about the New World to the Europeans?

• Donald Trump

• Christopher Columbus

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Vikings

What were the 3 big powers (France, England and Spain) fighting over?

• MONEY $$$$$$$$$

• SLAVES

• FOOD

• LAND

What did Pineda, Cabeza De Vaca and Coronado have in common?

• They were all conquistadors who came to the New World to explore land

• They were all friends with the Natives

What was the myth that existed during the Age of Contact (it made people search for gold)

• Big foot

• the flying spaghetti monster

• The Five Cities of Riches

• The Seven Cities of Gold

Why was the year 1519 important?

• it was the year Columbus discovered the Americas

• it was the year Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

• It was the year that Texas became free from Mexico

• It was the year that Spanish won the war with France

Christopher Columbus was ORIGINALLY trying to find a trade route where?

• area 51

• France

• Mexico

• Asia

What were the 2 countries competing for land in the 1400s?

• China and France

• Mexico and USA

• France and Spain

• Germany and Mexico

How did the Spanish respond to La Salle making the first French settlement in Texas?

• They didn't care

• They wanted to continue expanding their empire and this made them create missions and presidios

• Spanish, who?

• They got scared and stopped expanding

Instead of finding gold, what did the Spanish find in the Americas instead?

• their madres

• silver

• corn

• land

The myth of the Seven Cities of Gold/Seven Cities of Cibola said that there were cities with gold & riches in the Americas. This myth motivated many conquistadors to explore the Americas.

• TRUE! FACTS!

• FALSE! LIES!