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What is a missionary?
Describe Hernando de Soto as if you were describing him to a friend. (Include info you learned from the videos.)
Spain’s motivation to explore the New World were the 3 G’s - Gold, Glory, and God. A top priority was God (Catholicism). Although Spain sent him, what has Hernando de Soto’s top priority?
TRUE or FALSE? The natives had immunity against the European diseases.
From the given information, I learned that a missionary is someone who is sent by a religious organization, usually to a foreign country, to spread their beliefs and convert people to their religion.
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer who was sent by Spain to explore the New World. He was also a conquistador, which means he was in search of gold and glory as well. However, his top priority was God, as he was also a missionary and wanted to spread Catholicism to the natives he encountered.
False. The natives did not have immunity against European diseases.
Spain’s motivation to explore the New World were the 3 G’s - Gold, Glory, and God. A top priority was God (Catholicism). Although Spain sent him, what has Hernando de Soto’s top priority?
Hernando de Soto's top priority was also God (Catholicism). He was sent by Spain as a explorer and conquistador, but he was also a missionary and his main goal was to spread Catholicism to the natives he encountered in the New World.
From the videos, I learned that a missionary is a person who is sent by their religious organization to spread their religion and convert people to their faith in a different location or culture.
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer who played a significant role in the exploration and conquest of the New World. He was a conquistador who was known for his leadership skills, military tactics, and daring adventures. De Soto led expeditions through present-day Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and other parts of the southeastern United States. He was searching for gold and other riches to further Spain's wealth and power. He encountered various Native American tribes along his journey and faced both resistance and assistance from them.
While Spain's main motivation for exploring the New World was the desire for wealth and power, Hernando de Soto's priority was primarily the pursuit of gold and riches. However, he was also driven by the desire to spread Catholicism and convert the Native Americans he encountered.
False. The natives did not have immunity against the European diseases. When the Europeans arrived in the New World, they brought with them various diseases to which the indigenous populations had no immunity. This resulted in devastating epidemics that wiped out significant portions of the native populations.