Kansas Explorers+ Crossword Scramble

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Across
  1. 2. The first European to explore Kansas was Spain's _______ (last name).
  2. 6. The _______ Colonies, which would become the first 13 states of the United States, were located along the eastern coast of present-day United States.
  3. 9. Christopher Columbus landed in Hispaniola (present-day _______ and Dominican Republic) in 1942.
  4. 12. Present-day Kansas was coined the "_______" by Stephen H. Long--coupled with similar opinions from the likes Zebulon Pike, this had a significant impact on the perception of Kansas for years to come.
  5. 15. Christopher Columbus's expedition was funded by the King and Queen of _______.
  6. 16. Claude Charles Du Tisne's main reason for exploration was to build an alliance with the _______ tribe.
  7. 17. Zebulon Pike was the first American to travel over _______.
  8. 18. Francisco Vazquez de Coronado mainly explored the _______ part of Kansas, along the Arkansas City River.
  9. 20. Claude Charles Du Tisne was an explorer from _______.
  10. 21. The Spanish introduced _____ to the Americas in 1500.
Down
  1. 1. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traveled by _______.
  2. 3. Zebulon Pike's reason for exploration was to establish native relations and find the headwaters of the Red and _______ Rivers.
  3. 4. In 1803, France sold the _______ to the United States for $15 million.
  4. 5. The largest European empire in the Americas in the 1500s was _______.
  5. 7. Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont was sent by France to establish a relationship with the _______ and Plains Apache.
  6. 8. The European empire that ran along the northeast rivers, great lakes, and down the Mississippi River was _______.
  7. 10. The European colonists that had the BEST relationship with the natives was the ______, mostly due to the lucrative trade benefits.
  8. 11. _______ [and] _______ (last names)were tasked to explore the Louisiana Territory and establish relations with the natives.
  9. 13. When Coronado and his men got to Kansas, they encountered the ______ natives, who lives in grass lodges, raised crops and hunted buffalo.
  10. 14. Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was searching for the famed "_______," known as Quivira, when he led an expedition through Kansas.
  11. 19. _______ (last name) was send by President Madison to explorer the border between the United States and Spanish territories of the southwest.