Christopher Columbus

Name:______Date:______Period: ______

Explorers Notes

1. If you were an Indian, how would you feel about the Spanish arriving? Why?______

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Christopher Columbus

1. Columbus sailed for _Spain______. Spain sent Columbus to travel in a little known region for discovery (___exploration______). The Spanish wanted 1)Gold____, 2) __God___ 3)___Glory____
2. Imagine that you have the opportunity to sail with Christopher Columbus on one of his voyages. Life abroad ship is hard; food and water tend to spoil, and ships often wreck in storms. Nevertheless, the promise of fame and fortune has led thousands to risk their lives at sea. Knowing the risks as well as the potential for wealth and fame, would you sign on as a crew member for a voyage to the unknown? Why or Why not? ______
3. Why do you think Columbus was praying? _____long hard journey______

Hernan Cortes

1. According to the video, where was Cortes from? Spain
2. What was he trying to “score”? gold
3. Cortes is a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas (__conquistador____).
4. He claimed present day Mexico as Spain’s colony (_A land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation.___).
5. What 2 things did Cortes achieve? 1)__Gold_____ 2)______Glory______
6. Complete the chart below.

Alvarez Pineda

1. Complete the chart below AND the map on the back.

Cabeza de Vaca & Esteban

1. De Vaca is a conquistador (_A Spanish explorer who searches for wealth and land in the Americas.__).
2. Complete the chart below AND the map on the back.

Friar Marcos de Niza

1. Friar (__Person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church_) Marcos was sent to find Cibola “ __Cities of Gold______”
2. Friar Marcos found _Cibola______“Cities of Gold”, but was it really gold? YES or NO
3. It was just a Native American village of houses built of adobe, or sundried bricks of straw and clay (_pueblo___)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

1. Coronado was another Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas (_conquistador__).
2. He had 2 expeditions (_A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose.______).
3. He was to find __Cibola______“Cities of Gold”; he did not find it. It was only pueblo (Native American village of houses built of adobe, or sundried bricks of straw and clay)villages made out of adobe.
4. Complete the chart below AND the map.

Hernando de Soto

1. Complete the chart below.

Luis de Moscoso Alvarado

1. Imagine what it would be like to discover oil. What would youdo? Remember, you do not know the value of it. ______

Rene-Robert La Salle

1. Complete the chart below AND the map.

1. What makes LaSalle different from the previous explorers? _French explorer and other s were Spanish______
2. How do you think the Spanish felt knowing that their enemy built a fort in their colony (_A land claimed for and controlled by a distant nation)?

Let’s Review:

1. Where did most explorers come from?Spain
2. What is an exploration?To travel in [a little known region] for discovery
3. What 3 things did the Spanish want? Gold, God, and Glory
4. What is a conquistador?A Spanish explorer who searches for wealth

and land in the Americas.

1. What 2 explorers came together? De Vaca and Esteban
2. What is a friar?Person belonging to one of the religious brotherhoods of the Roman Catholic Church.
3. What is another name for Cibola? What did they really find at Cibola?Cities of Gold, pueblos
4. What is an expedition?A journey undertaken by a group of people with a definite purpose.
5. What makes LaSalle different from the other explorers you learned about?French explorer
6. Look at the map to the right, what area did the Spanish claim as their colony? Area 4

Bonus: __Spanish _____ arrived and mingled with __Indians______ = Mexico’s culture