SS Unit 3 flashcards

Question 1

Christopher Columbus

Answer 1

Discovered new lands thought to be Asia

Question 2

Presidio

Answer 2

Built to house soldiers

Question 3

Privateer

Answer 3

Privately owned ship

Question 4

Pineda

Answer 4

Mapped and saw Texas for the first time in 1519

Question 5

Cortes

Answer 5

Conquered the Aztecs

Question 6

Narvaez

Answer 6

Survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas (Died in a hurricane)

Question 7

Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 7

Stranded in Texas

Question 8

Coronado

Answer 8

Looked for the city of gold

Question 9

la Salle

Answer 9

The only French guy (Killed in a mutiny)

Question 10

Hidalgo

Answer 10

Asked the French to reopen a settlement

Question 11

Massanet

Answer 11

Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

Question 12

Margil de Jesus

Answer 12

Opened the most successful settlement

Question 13

Escandon

Answer 13

Opened 20 settlements

Question 14

Aguayo

Answer 14

Dealt with the chicken war

Question 15

Los Adaes

Answer 15

Unofficial capital of Texas

Question 16

Fort St. Louis

Answer 16

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

Question 17

San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 17

First settlement made in Texas

Question 18

San Antonio de Valero

Answer 18

A mission chapel known today as the Alamo

Question 19

Quivira

Answer 19

Place on the great plains said to be filled with gold

Question 20

San Antonio de Bexar

Answer 20

Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas