Texas Age of Contact Vocabulary

conquistador

• Spanish government official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World

• travel undertaken in order to discover new resources

• a journey undertaken by a group of people

• a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas

expedition

• Spanish government official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World

• travel undertaken in order to discover new resources

• a journey undertaken by a group of people

• a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas

exploration

• Spanish government official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World

• travel undertaken in order to discover new resources

• a journey undertaken by a group of people

• a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas

mission

• a settlement/church founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area

• a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control

• state-sponsored settlement of people to new territory

presidio

• a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area

• a military post/Fort or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control

• state-sponsored settlement of people to new territory

• Spanish government official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World

A fortified base established by the Spanish in areas under their control or influence.

• school

• catholic mission

• ranch

• presidio

A spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas.

• Conquistador

• Viceroy

• Province

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Which religious reason did the English come to the New World?

• Escape religious persecution

• Spread religion

Spanish explorers came to the New World for all of the following reasons except

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• Escape religious persecution

How did Pineda contribute to Texas?

• He conquered the Aztec Empire

• He established Fort St. Louis causing Spanish settlements to shift from the west of Texas to the East

• He searched for the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola

• He was the first to map the Texas coastline which encouraged Spanish exploration