Transcript age of contact test review - Mr. Robertson`s Wonderful World

Age of Contact Common Assessment Study Guide
*Rediscovered the Americas while searching for a
Christopher Columbus
faster trade route to Asia
*1519 (Must Know Date) 1st European to observe
Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda
and map the coastline of Texas. First European to
set foot on the Texas coast.
*Aztecs thought he was a god *Captured Aztec
Hernan Cortez
Leader Montezuma
*Defeated Aztecs in several bloody battles
*Renamed Aztec capitol Mexico City
*Sent Gold and Silver back to Spain
*African who was part of the Navarez Expedition.
Estevanico
•One of the four Survivors with Cabeza de Vaca
•Only member of Cabeaza de Vaca’s group to
search for the 7 Cities of Gold
•*Died on the search for the 7 Cities of Gold
*Was given Florida by king of Spain
Navarez
* Stranded by his ships he built rafts
* Died with most of his men during a hurricane
*Found no Gold
*Found place called Cibola but no gold just adobe
Coronado
* Found Quivera but no gold
And then killed “the Turk” for lying (he took him
all the way to Kansas)
* Built in El Paso to Convert Native Americans to
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Christianity
*1st Spanish Mission in Texas
*Convert the natives to Christianity
God, Glory and Gold
*Conquer all those they met
*Find and bring back riches to Spain
* Conquered Aztecs *Brought Diseases
Spanish Influence on the
* Introduced the Horse to Americas
Americas
*Brought Spanish Language and Culture.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Friar Marcos de Niza, Estevanico
& the Search for the 7 Cities of
Gold
Conquering the Aztecs
Friars
After the Search for the 7 Cities
of Cibola (Gold)
Eras of Texas History
*2nd in Command of Narvaez Expedition
*Escaped the Karawankawa with Estevanico
and the other 2 last survivors.
*Learn to use native herbs for healing and to
perform surgery. (This keeps them alive during
their escape)
*First European to explore the interior (inside)
of Texas.
*Tells the story of the 7 Cities of Cibola (Gold).
*Friar Marcos sends Estevanico ahead Large
Cross = Big Cities Small Cross = Small Cities
*Estevanico is Killed by Zuni Pueblos when
Friar Marcos arrives he sees golden roof tops
and leaves to report his findings.
*Golden roof tops turn out later to be adobe
houses reflecting the sunlight.
*defeating the Aztecs in many battles
*starvation
*Spreading Smallpox to the Aztecs
*superior weapons
*In the beginning the Aztecs thought that Cortes
was the God Quetzalcoatl
*Spanish priests who were supported by the
church and Spain to convert Native Americans
to Christianity.
*After failing to find the seven cities of gold
with De Soto, Friar Marcos & Estevanico, and
Coronado
Spain loses interest in Texas and concentrated
on Mexico and South America where they did
find gold and silver.
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