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Hernando DeSoto was an experienced Spanish
conquistador
Iberville built Fort___ (in Alabama today) in 1702
Mobile
In 1700 Iberville established Fort La___ near what is today New Orleans
Boulaye
Iberville arrived on the ___ and located the mouth of the Mississippi
River in January 1699.
Gulf Coast
René-Robert Cavelier (name), Sieur de ___ (title of nobility)
LaSalle
The impact of the Narváez expedition was the acquisition of ___
about the languages and cultures of the southwest by the survivors.
Knowledge
The French came seeking ___.
Fur
The first explorers of Louisiana were the Native American ___.
Paleo Indians
Survivors of his expedition included ___ and Esteban the Moor.
Cabeza de Vaca
After La Salle failed to establish a colony on the Mississippi River,
Louis XIV sent Iberville to complete the mission of firmly establishing
Franceʼs claim with “___ on the ground.”
Boots
After De Soto's death in 1542, Luis de ___ led the expedition to
Mexico in 1543.
Moscoso
La Salle sought an easy route to ___ and new Native American
suppliers for the fur trade.
China
La Salle and his Italian mercenary, Henry ___, reached the mouth
of the Mississippi River on April 9, 1682.
De Tonti
LaSalle earned his title of ___ for working to expand French power
in Canada
Nobility
Iberville returned to France, leaving his younger brother ___ in
charge, and was called for duty in the War of Spanish Succession.
Bienville
Iberville established ___ at what is today Biloxi, Mississippi. He left
for France and returned the next year.
Fort Maurepas
Survivors of the Narváez expedition wandered the ___ for years
living with Native Americans before encountering another Spanish
expedition.
Southwest
Narváez left Spain in 1527, and arrived in ___ in 1528.
Florida
The first European explorers of Louisiana were the ___-obsessed
Spanish.
Gold
He vanished when his small boat on the ___ River was swept out
sea in a storm in November 1528.
Mississippi
De Soto participated in the conquest of Nicaragua and the Incas in
Peru (he was Francisco ___ʼs chief lieutenant).
Pizzaro
De Soto made a fortune through conquest and ___-trading.
Slave
La Salle was a former seminary student. He was educated by the
___. He made his fortune as a landlord and fur trader.
Jesuits
La Salle claimed the whole Mississippi River basin for France and
named the area Louisiana for ___
King Louis XIV
The De Soto expedition members committed many __
Atrocities
___ spread from the De Soto expedition and killed many Native
Americans.
Small pox
The De Soto expedition caused enormous ___ among the Native
Americans.
Suffering
Pierre Le Moyne d'___ et d'Ardillières
Iberville
La Salle was shot and killed during a ___ on March 19, 1687, on
the Brazos River in Texas
Mutiny
La Salle sailed into the Gulf of Mexico. Unable to calculate ___, he
mistakenly arrived at what is today Matagorda Bay, Texas.
Longitude