Unit 2 - Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 2. official that rules in the name of the king or queen
  2. 7. sent to explore southwestern United States in search of the "Seven Cities of Cibola"
  3. 9. Pawnee Indian that agreed to take Coronado to Quivera
  4. 10. first French explorer to navigate to navigate the Mississippi River
  5. 13. de ornate established a settlement near present day El Paso
  6. 14. empire that charged Spain to cross their land
  7. 17. Christopher Columbus convinced this country to fund his expedition westward.
  8. 19. Cabeza De Vaca was captured and lived with this tribe
Down
  1. 1. renamed Tenochtitlan to Mexico City
  2. 3. first Spanish settlements/religious
  3. 4. fort that failed due to lack of supplies, leadership, and attacks
  4. 5. La Salle's ship that sank in Matagorda Bay
  5. 6. purpose of the Spanish Exploration.
  6. 8. first country to challenge Spain
  7. 11. mapped the coastline of Texas
  8. 12. privately owned ship equipped with weapons
  9. 15. marched eastward becoming the first European to reach East Texas
  10. 16. a Spanish soldier explorer who sought fame and fortune
  11. 18. Columbus landed in the Caribbean thinking it was this country