1. Do Now
For what reasons do people go exploring? What do they hope to gain by finding something new?

2. Warm Up Why do people go exploring? Page 17 – Unit 3 Exploration
Page 18 – Table of Contents
Page 19 – Unit 3 Vocab
Page 20 – Exploration of the Americas
Page 21 – 3G’s Worksheet
Page 22 – Columbus Article

3. Exploration of the America’s
Why did the Spanish sail to the New World?

4. Exploration by Spain The Reconquista – 711 to 1492!
The Moors – Islamic people from North Africa
The Christians
The Reconquest of Spain – 800 year struggle to take Spain from the Moors

5. Years 711 - 1492 711 1492 The Moors gain control of Spain 781 years
The Reconquista ends when Moors are forced out of Spain
Spain wants to return to its former glory!
Begin exploration!

6. 3 G’s Gold – Some came for wealth/money
Glory – Some came for power and fame
God – Some came for religion

7. Warm Up
What is the Explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda remembered for? (What did he do?)

8. Warm Up
If you could explore any land (or world, planet, dimension (real or fictional), where would you go exploring and why?
Page 27 – Explorer Notes

9. Explorers to the New World
What was the Spanish Explorers purpose for coming to the New World and why was it a failure?

10. Christopher Columbus 1492 Shorter route to Asia (more profits)
Lands in Bahamas
“Indians”

11. Alvarez de Pineda
1519
Made a map of Texas Coastline.

12. Cortes and the Aztecs 1519 Aztecs call themselves ‘Mexica’.
Horses, armor, killing machines.
Tenochtitlan – the golden city.
Cortes – not a god!
City destroyed.
Birth of Mexico City.

13. Cabeza de Vaca Survivor of Narvaez Expedition
Estevanico – the Moorish slave
Galveston Island
Became a ‘shaman’
His book ‘Relacion’
Told of people, land, vegetation of Texas
Hints of the fabled 7 Cities of Gold.

14. C de V, Marcos de Niza & Estevanico’s Expedition
Marcos de Niza – Priest
claimes to see a golden city
Estevanico – Enslaved Moor
Searched for the 7 cities of gold - Cibola
Cibola=pueblo homes

15. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
1540
Conquistador – 1000 soldiers
Search for/Conquer Cibola
Treats the natives badly.
No Gold, Silver, or jewels.
Crossed the Palo Duro Canyon and Llano Estacado.

16. Moscoso 1542 Goal – Reach Mexico by land Visits Caddos
Tay-yas!!
No Gold, silver, or jewels.
They find Petroleum - Oil
‘Nothing here…leave Texas alone’ for 142 years – no interest in TX.

17. Spain pulls back from Texas
Spain spent lots of money, time and effort looking for treasure
Learned about land and people
Considered Texas to be worthless