Vale Spanish Exploration Study Guide

What were the reasons for Spanish exploration?

• To establish colonies for Spanish settlers.

• These are all . . . 

  Gold = Wealth, money

  Glory = Fame (self, family, national, international)

  God= Convert natives to Christianity

• To establish trade routes with Asia.

• To search for new sources of natural resources.

Which of the following explorers established 1st European settlement in the New World, Conquered the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan?

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Pedro de Alvarado

Which of the following explorers in 1519 sailed along and mapped the coast of the Gulf of Mexico (including the Texas Coast)?

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Which of the following explorers after a shipwreck, he and other survivors wandered around South Texas and Mexico for 8 years?

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernán Cortés

• Francisco Pizarro

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Which of the following was a reason European monarchs (kings) sent people across the ocean, dealing with gaining POWER?

• To collect taxes

• To trade spices, silk, and ivory

• To find cures for diseases

•        To claim land for their empires    

Which of the following was another reason European monarchs (kings) sent people across the ocean, dealing with spreading their RELIGION?

• To convert to Christianity

• To trade spices, silk, and ivory

• To find cures for diseases

•        To claim land for their empires    

What is an expedition?

• an excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, as of war or exploration.

• part of the land near the sea or edge of the land  

• travel for the purpose of discovery

• having a strong reason to act or accomplish something. 

What is an coast?

• an excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, as of war or exploration.

• part of the land near the sea or edge of the land  

• travel for the purpose of discovery

• having a strong reason to act or accomplish something. 

What is an exploration?

• an excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, as of war or exploration.

• part of the land near the sea or edge of the land  

• travel for the purpose of discovery

• having a strong reason to act or accomplish something. 

What is a motivation?

• an excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, as of war or exploration.

• part of the land near the sea or edge of the land  

• travel for the purpose of discovery

• having a strong reason to act or accomplish something.