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Unit 3 & 4 Test Flashcards

1
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What are the three reasons the Spanish have for expanding their empire?

A

Gold, God, Glory

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2
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Who began looking for a west water route to Asia in 1492?

A

Christopher Columbus

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3
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Where did Columbus think he landed?

A

He thought that he landed in the Indies

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4
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Where did Columbus actually land?

A

An island in the Bahamas

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5
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Why did Europeans want to reach Asia?

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Asia was a land rich in spices, tea, silk, and porcelain.

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6
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What were Europeans looking for in the 1400s?

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Europeans began looking for an all-water route to Asia.

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7
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What was the time frame that all of these explorers were looking for land?

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1400s - 1600s

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8
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What did they call their empire in the Americas?

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New Spain

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9
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Which explorer sailed from Cuba to the east coast of Mexico and established the settlement of Veracruz?

A

Hernan Cortes

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10
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Why did he turn his attention away from Veracruz?

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He learned of the existence of wealthy and powerful Aztec Empire

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11
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What was Tenochtitlan?

A

The Capital of the Aztec Empire

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12
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What ended up happening after Cortes arrived in Tenochtitlan?

A

Fighting erupted between the Spaniards and the Aztecs.

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13
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What happened to the city of Tenochtitlan?

A

It lays in ruins

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14
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____ were built to house soldiers who protected settlers.

A

Presidios

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15
Q

When the ships reached Haiti, a Spanish ______ captured one of the French vessels.

A

privateer

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16
Q

La Salle and his men built Fort St. Louis. It was not truly a settlement but a _________.

A

Stockade

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17
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___________ were founded to convert and educate the native peoples in the Spanish culture and religion.

A

Missions

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18
Q

Spain’s highest-ranking official in New Spain was _________ Antonio de Mendoza.

A

Viceroy

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19
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Coronado was a young noble who had been named governor of one of the _________of New Spain.

A

Provinces

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20
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Spanish ____________ helped to conquer and settle lands for Spain.

A

Conquistadors

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21
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La Salle led an expedition to to the entire length of the Mississippi River.

A

navigate

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22
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What did Pineda do that was very important for Texas Exploration?

A

He drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other explorers.

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23
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Who was the first European to see the TX coast?

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Pineda

24
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What year did Pineda see the coast of TX?

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1519

25
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Did Narvaez expedition go well?

A

No

26
Q

What happened to Narvaez in his expedition?

A

He died in a hurricane.

27
Q

The survivors of _______’s expedition washed ashore in TX

A

Narvaez

28
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_____________’s survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas

A

Narvaez

29
Q

Who was the First European to explore Texas

A

Cabeza de Vaca

30
Q

___________ Shipwrecked on the Texas Coast

A

Cabeza de Vaca

31
Q

___________’s journey began the Age of Contact

A

Cabeza de Vaca

32
Q

____________ Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.

A

Cabeza de Vaca

33
Q

Searched for Cibola and Quivira

A

Coronado

34
Q

Discovered Palo Duro Canyon

A

Coronado

35
Q

_______ Established Fort St. Louis

A

La Salle

36
Q

____________ Claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France

A

La Salle

37
Q

_____________________ was Murdered by his own men

A

La Salle

38
Q

______________ was Sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War.

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

39
Q

______ Established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas.

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

40
Q

__________ was a Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

A

Damian Massanet

41
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____________ Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas.

A

Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas.

42
Q

____________ Opened the most successful mission in East Texas.

A

Antonio Margil de Jesus

43
Q

__________ was the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

A

Jose de Escandon

44
Q

More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements.

A

Jose de Escandon

45
Q

Founded 20 settlements in southern Texas.

A

Jose de Escandon

46
Q

Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.

A

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

47
Q

Reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War.

A

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

48
Q

Which region separated Spanish land?

A

New France

49
Q

Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands? Why?

A

Europe’s biggest rival was New France. France was their biggest rival because they bordered unoccupied Spanish Texas. It would have been fairly easy for the French to take that land.

50
Q

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

A

Fort St. Louis

51
Q

Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

A

Los Adaes

52
Q

First Mission in East Texas

A

San Francisco de
los Tejas

53
Q

Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

A

San Antonio de Valero

54
Q

place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

A

Quivira

55
Q

Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

A

San Antonio de Bexar

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