Spanish Explores Test Review

What was the name of the golden city Francisco Coronado was looking for?

Who helped the survivors of the Narvaez expedition when they shipwrecked?

What "twin cities" were settled at the pass where the Rio Grande flows through two mountain ranges?

What city did Juan de Onate and his expedition found in 1609?

What year was the Texas coast first mapped?

What native american group did Coronado come into contact with when he thought he had reached Cibola?

Who led an expedition to find riches north of Mexico to investigate Cabeza de Vaca's reports?

What was the name of the empire that the Spanish were tired of paying high Taxes to for land routes to Asia?

Who was the first person to map the Texas Coast?

What was the name of the settlement La Salle and his men established in Texas?

What piece of land did Francisco Coronado claim for Spain?

Near what present day city did the Narvaez expedition end?

What area of land did La Salle claim for France?

How many years were there between Pineda mapping the Texas coast and Fort. St. Louis being established?

What is the name of the Aztec capital city that was conquered by the Spanish?

Whose expedition began the Age of Contact?

What was the name of the Rio Grande Valley settlement that was founded after Onate's expedition in 1609?

Mexico City was built as the capital of New Spain

What was the name of the island where the Narvaez expedition ended?

By the late 1600s, what other countries besides Spain had established colonies in North America?

Who was the conquistador to conquer the Aztec in 1519?