Step-by-step explanation:
1 Early European explorers were motivated to explore North and South America for several reasons, including the desire for new trade routes, the search for valuable resources and new territories to colonize, the desire to spread Christianity to new peoples, and the hope of finding a shorter route to Asia.
2 Explorers from the Spanish country were the first to visit Kansas.
3 Indigenous refers to the original inhabitants of a place, especially before the arrival of Europeans.
4 Coronado hoped to find the Seven Cities of Gold in Quivira, but instead he found the Wichita people and their settlements.
5 The plains region went unexplored for many years after Coronado's visit because it was considered a harsh and unproductive environment with few resources of interest to Europeans.
6 According to the map on page 64, it is not specified.
7 The French sent expeditions into Kansas to establish trade relations with Native American tribes and to claim the territory for France.
8 Claude Charles Du Tisne was sent to contact the Comanche because the French wanted to establish trade relations with the tribe and establish a French presence in the region.
9 Europeans viewed Native Americans as "uncivilized" because they did not conform to European cultural norms and customs, and because they did not have the same level of technological and economic development as European societies.
10 Disease had a devastating impact on American Indians because they had no immunity to the diseases brought by Europeans, which led to widespread illness and death among indigenous populations. The lack of immunity was due to the fact that the native people had no previous contact with the European diseases.