Which explorer was looking for 'cities of gold'?

Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?

Which legend did Coronado hear about that he wanted to find?

What did Coronado find instead of the seven cities of gold?

Who saw the Palo Duro Canyon and buffalo?

What Spanish explorer established El Paso and New Mexico?

Who gathered 1,000 men and thousands of horses, mules, sheep and cattle for the expedition and marched north for two-and-a-half months before reaching the Zuñi pueblo of Hawikuh in present-day northwestern New Mexico?

Who gathered 1,000 men and thousands of horses, mules, sheep and cattle for the expedition and marched north for two-and-a-half months before reaching the Zuñi pueblo of Hawikuh in present-day northwestern New Mexico?

In the Spring of 1542, right in the midst of his explorations, De Soto fell ill and died, leaving _______________________ in charge of the expedition.

Who set out from Nueva Vizcaya, Mexico, to search for some friars who had traveled to northern New Mexico to convert the American Indians there?

After establishing the colony’s new headquarters near modern-day Santa Fe, ______________ followed in Coronado’s footsteps and headed east in search of the city of gold, Quivira.

After traveling across the harsh Chihuahuan Desert, _____________ and his party followed the Rio Grande north in search of a pass through the mountains. When they reached one - El Paso del Norte - they celebrated by feasting with members of the Mansos tribe, who helped guide them.

Even though he didn’t find any riches to speak of, ____________________ continued traveling in North America. He died in 1550 in Peru.

When _______________________ described crossing the high plains in search of Quivira, he described large herds of “shaggy cows,” shown in this illustration from the 1540s.

Which word best describes how the conquistadors treated the people they conquered?

What group did Francisco Pizarro conquer?

Which of the following items did Europeans have, and Native Americans lack?

Why did the conquistadors bring priests with them to the Americas?

Why did the king of Spain want so much gold and land?

Encomiendas were most similar to:

Why do so many people in Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese?

Why did smallpox kill so many of the natives in the Americas, but so few conquistadors?

If a Native American society refused to convert to Christianity, what would usually happen to them?

What is one lasting result of the Spanish colonization of Latin America?

Conquistador is a spanish word that means.....

Conquistadors were Spanish and Portuguese ______________who traveled to the Americas to colonize it.

They were ____________and ruthless with the native people they encountered.

Christopher ___________just arrived in the Americas. Opening the door for other Europeans to follow him.

The continent was rich in natural resources, especially precious metals like__________ and _________.

Conquistadors saw a fantastic opportunity to gain___________and ____________.

Their missions were sponsored by ___________and ___________who were also hungry for money and power.

The conquistadors were followed by priests whose job it was to __________ the native people to Christianity.

The Conquistadors were able to defeat the native people because they had steel swords, ____________ and firearms.

Once the native people were conquered their lands were ____________.

The native people were ______________.

The enslaved native people were forced to work on large plantations called_____________.