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How did the friars goals differ from the conquistadors?
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friars were very religous and helpful they wanted to convert native americans to catholic faith
conquistadors-sought riches and power for themselves and wealth and glory for spain |
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how did the aims of spanish explorers differ from the conquistadors?
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conwuistadors were selfish and only thought about their wealth
spanish explorers were trying to gain a foothold in the americas |
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who was moctezuma? who was quetzalcoatl?
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an emperor cortez took hostage.
quetzalcoatl was a legendart god |
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why was cortez interested in the aztecs? what was the aztec capital city called?
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the aztec empire was a large empire
the capital city was called technochitlan |
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how did pineda help the spanish in the americas?
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he made maps of florida to mexico
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who was narvaez?
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he was the leader of the expedition from florida to mexico
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what were cabeza de vaca and his group suppoded to do in the americas?
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conquer the area between florida and mexico
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who was estevenico?
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the first black man to enter texas. also a highly regarded shaman
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what did the treatment of cabeza de vaca and his companions reveal about the karankawas?
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they treated them kind and generously
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who was fray marcos de niza?
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a priest who headed an advance party to check on the stories cabeza de vaca was hearing
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who was the turk? who did he tell about the city of gold? what did he call those cities?
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the turk was a man who told stories of fabulous places with gold. he told the coronado group about the cities.he called them quivira
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why did spanish explorers search for cibola and quivira? what did they find?
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they tried to find golden treasures. they only found mud
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why did mendoza think the spanish should explore the north of texas?
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he heard tales of mysterious lands to the north. he heard that they were filled with vast treasures
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what did estevenico tell fray marcos that encouraged him to travel north?
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estevenico told him beyond cibola their were even richer lands
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where did moscoso lead his expedition? who did he take over for that who had died?
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he lead his expedition as far west as the brazos river. he took over for de soto.
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why did the spanish decide no tto settle texas at this time?
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they didnt find any treasures
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who lead the french into texas and what settlement did he try to establish?
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la salle and he tried to establish fort saint louis
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why did the french presence motivate the spanish to return to texas?
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the french were building a settlement and the french didnt want them to have it
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