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30 Cards in this Set
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Spanish soldier or leader
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Conquistador
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Member of a Catholic religious order
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Friar
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Leader of a failed expedition to conquer the area between Florida and Mexic
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Pánfilo de Narváez
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Religious settlement or outpost
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Mission
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Built on the site of Tenochtilán
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Mexico City
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Columbus' voyage to the Caribbean region allowed Spain to
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Found a new empire
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Cortés invaded the Aztec empire in 1519 with 600 soldiers and
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Native Americans who suffered under Aztec rule
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Alonso Álvarez de Pineda was the firs European to
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Map the Texas coast
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The first Europeans to spend long periods of time in Texas did so because they were
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Shipwrecked there
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Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico survived among the Native Americans in Texas because they were regarded as
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Shamans
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Sent an expedition to explore seven fabulous cities to the north
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Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza
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Accompanied Fray Marcos' party as a guide
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Estevanico
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Explored Palo Duro Canyon
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Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
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Told of a place filled with riches named Quivira
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The Turk
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Took command after DeSoto's death in 1542
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Luis de Moscoso
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An area supposedly rich with gold, silver and precious gems was
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Cìbola
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A governor of a region who represents the monarch is a
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Viceroy
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A village with connected, flat-roofed buildings is called
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A pueblo
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The tribe that killed Estevanico was the
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Zuñis
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In 1609, Spaniards set up a permanent colony and named it
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New Mexico
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Outpost in Texas built by La Salle
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Fort St. Louis
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Where La Salle's expedition went ashore while searching for the Mississippi river
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Matagorda Bay
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Land names in honor of King Louis XIV of France
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Louisiana
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Ridge of sand built up by currents in a river or coastal waters
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Sandbar
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Enclosures made of posts,often intended for defense
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Stockade
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The first European to navigate to the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico was
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La Salle
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The French attempt to found a permanent colony in Texas forced New Spain officials to
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Explore the northern Gulf shore
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In the early 1600s, England founded colonies
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Along the Atlantic coast of North America
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La Salle proposed a French colony be founded
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At the mouth of the Mississippi River
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All of the following are problems La Salle and colonists faced EXCEPT
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Attacks by the Spanish
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