Cabeza de Vaca’s report of riches in the lands north of Mexico was proven false by Luis de Moscoso’s journey.

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado claimed the Rio Grande Valley for Spain.

Juan de Oñate moved up the Rio Grande Valley to where the city of San Angelo was founded in 1609.

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley for France.

Aztec city conquered by Hernán Cortés; Mexico City was built on its ruins

French settlement founded by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

city described to Francisco Vásquez de Coronado as filled with treasure; instead, a Native American settlement near present-day Wichita, Kansas

sland where Pánfilo de Narváez’s expedition was shipwrecked

Rio Grande Valley settlement founded after Oñate’s expedition

Near which present-day Texas city did Pánfilo de Narváez’s expedition end?

What Native American group did Francisco Vásquez de Coronado encounter when “the Turk” brought him to what Coronado hoped was Quivira?

Who helped the survivors of Pánfilo de Narváez’s expedition after they were stranded on an island?

What twin cities were settled at the pass where the Rio Grande flows through two mountain ranges?

By the late 1600s, what other countries besides Spain had established colonies in North America?