A | B |
reason why the Spanish explored America | to find the seven cities made of gold |
the Southwest of the United States | the land North of Mexico: Texas, California, Arizona |
Spanish explorers | Francisco Coronado, Estevanico, Hernando de Soto |
what the Native Americans learned from the Spanish | to grow oranges and wheat; to raise pigs, cows, sheep, and horses |
what the Spanish learned from the Native Americans | how to grow beans, tomatoes, corn, pumpkins, and cotton |
slavery | to own people who work without pay |
Africa | the continent where the Spanish took slaves from |
missions | buildings with churches to teach the Native Americans the Catholic religion |
priest | leader of a church who worked in the missions |
to claim/to belong | to declare as property |
South America | the continent where many Spanish settled |
to settle | to live in a new place |
to explore | to look at carefully; to investigate; to examine |
the Southwest and Southeast of the United States | lands claimed by the King of Spain |
300 years | the time that the Southwest and Florida belonged to Spain |
Spain | a country in Europe where the Spanish explorers came from |
forced to be slaves by the Spanish | Native Americans and Africans |