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