Texas Explorers and Vocabulary

match the word with the correct definition

• Conquistador

• Spanish soldier and explorer who sailed to the "new World"

• Mustangs

• Settling a new land which is under the control of a mother country

• Castaways

• wild offspring of horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish

• Colonization

• Survivors of a shipwreck

​ ​ (a)   was the first explorer to map the Texas coast

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
• Hernan Cortz
• Paniflo de Narvaez

​ (a)   was sent as guide for Marcos de who was looking for the 7 cities of gold

• Etevanico
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Hernan Cortez

From which continent did the Texas explorers come from?

Match the word to the correct definition

• Expedition

• journey by a group of people for a specific purpose

• Columbian Exchange

• Exchange of plants, animals, disease, and culture between the eastern and western hemisphere

• Flint

• quartz stone that sparks when struck by steel. Used by Natives to start fires

• Epidemic

• widespread outbreak of a disease

1519 was significant to Texas history because in that year—

• the coast of Texas was first mapped by Spanish explorers.

• . Father Antonio de Olivares started the first mission and presidio at San Antonio.

• Mexico achieved its independence from Spain.

• Texas declared its independence from Mexico

According to the map, explorers traveled on, close to......

• The Ocean

• mountains

• roads

• rivers

Cortez built a city on top of the remains of the Aztec capital and called it...

• San Antonio

• Houston

• Goliad

• Mexico City

Cabeza de Vaca and his men were from ________________.

• Florida

• Mexico

• Spain

• Cuba

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

• free men

• slaves

• tourists

• Indians