Spanish Explorers & Colonization Review

The European explorer who led an expedition in search of the “glittering cities” was —

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle

• Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

The Spanish colonists listed above primarily came to Texas in order to –

• Oversee Spanish Presidios

• Discover lost cities of gold

• Establish Catholic missions

• Learn native languages from Texas Indians

Cabeza de Vaca was told by Native Americans that "on the coast of the south sea there were pearls and great riches." This led to Spain sending more expeditions to Texas for the purpose of –

• Enslaving Native Americans

• Regulating sea travel

• Establishing missions

• Searching for treasure

Which of these is a result of Spanish Exploration in East Texas?

• Interest shifted to establishing settlements

• Wealth was discovered in the Texas Hill Country

• American Indians learned to trust European explorers

• The Amarillo area was reclaimed

Spanish missionaries impacted the settlement of Texas by –

• providing skilled jobs for native people

• influencing place names, religion, and culture in Texas

• teaching native people how to hunt and fish

• establishing settlements that were immediately successful

The Asinai (Caddo), who planted & harvested crops while living in missions benefitted the Spanish Empire by –

• converting other natives to Catholicism

• serving as translators for Spanish merchants

• tending to crops in missions

• teaching hunting skills to Spanish missionaries

The founder of the first Spanish mission in East Texas was –

• Damian Massanet

• José de Escandón

• Antonio Margil de Jesús

• Francisco Hidalgo

Early Spanish explorers (Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado) searched for ________. Then, the focus shifted to _______.

• Wealth

  Settlement

• Gold

  Native Americans

• God

  Glory

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda –

• The first explorer to map the coast of Texas
• Wrote about legendary lost cities of gold
• Established Ft. St. Louis in TX for France

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca:

• Wrote about legendary lost cities of gold
• Established Ft. St. Louis in TX for France
• The first explorer to map the Texas coastline