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Who is Hernan Cortes?
He changed the name of Tenochtitlan to Mexico City, the capital of New Spain.
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What is a mission?
A settlement founded to spread Christianity.
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What are conquistadors?
Spanish explorers who searched for wealth and land in the Americas.
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Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
His name means "Cow Head"
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Who is Christopher Columbus?
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492.
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Who is Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda?
He and his crew were the first Europeans to observe the coast of Texas.
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What is a presidio?
A settlement to protect missions and provide military support and security for colonists.
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Who is Moctezuma?
The leader of the Mexica (Aztecs) who believed that a red-haired Spaniard was a god.
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Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
He wrote a journal of his experiences, believed to be the first work of literature written in Texas.
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Who are Ferdinand and Ysabella?
The king and queen of Spain who funded an expedition in 1492.
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Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
He and his crew began their search for Quivira in 1531.
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What is a ranch?
A settlement that supplies livestock, animal products, and food for sale.
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What is a buccaneer?
A pirate who preyed on ships during the 1600s.
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Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
He survived a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico, and ended up on Galveston Island.
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What was the purpose of Columbus's expedition in 1492?
To find a shorter, safer route to Asia in order to obtain goods like silk and spices.
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Who is Panfilo de Narvaez?
He died in a shipwreck, but members of his crew were some of the first Europeans to set foot in Texas.
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What is a pueblo?
A village or small town, often formed by soldiers and their families who used to live in a presidio.
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What is a viceroy?
The governor of a colony who rules for a king.
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Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
He was one of the first Europeans to explore the interior of Texas.
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What is Hispaniola?
The name Columbus gave the island on which he landed.
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Who is Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle.
He established Fort St. Louis in Victoria County.
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What is a delta?
Deposits that form at the mouth of a river, often in the shape of a triange.
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Who is Estevanico (Esteban)?
A survivor of a shipwreck who went on a search for gold, was killed in an adobe village, and is believed to be the first African to set foot in the Americas.
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Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
Out of hundreds of crewmembers who started out on an expedition, only he and three others made their way to Mexico City.
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, cultures, and slaves among Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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