Vocabulary for explorers/Spanish Missions

Traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery.

• colonization

• migration

• exploration

• mission

Government sponsored settlement of people to new territories

• mission

• migration

• exploration

• colonization

A movement from one region to another.

• migration

• exploration

• colonization

• transport

A Spanish settlement founded to spread Christianity

• mission

• presidio

• exploration

• colonization

A Spanish-built military fort that gave protection to Spanish soldiers and Spanish settlements.

• mission

• migration

• colonization

• presidio

Spanish explorer to the New World.

His expedition lasted 8 years.

He became a historian, ethnologist, healer, merchant, and environmentalist.

• Cabeza de Vacca

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Coronado

• Jose Escandon

A Spanish explorer to the New World.

Led first European expedition to discover Palo Duro Canyon

and The Grand Canyon.

His mission was to find the Seven Cities of Cibola

• Jose Escandon

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Coronado

• Cabeza De Vaca

A French explorer to the New World.

Gave Louisiana its name.

Established a short term settlement at Matagorda Bay, Texas.

• Francisco Coronado

• Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortes

A Spanish explorer who was know for his relationship with Native Americans and his ability to colonize new areas.

Known as "The Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley"

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Jose Escandon

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

A Spanish explorer who discovered the New World while on an expedition to find a quicker route to Asia.

• Christopher Columbus

• Jose Escandon

• Cabeza de Vacca

• Hernan Cortes