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European Explorers in Texas 4th Grade

European Explorers in Texas 4th Grade

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Geography, Other

4th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This Spanish explorer spent time with the Karankawa after being captured by them, and ended up going to look for gold in Mexico.

Back

Cabeza de Vaca

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This Spanish explorer spent time with the Karankawa after being captured by them, and ended up going to look for gold in Mexico.

Back

Cabeza de Vaca

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This Spanish explorer was determined to find the famed city of gold named Cibola, but ended up finding only adobe houses. He may not have found the gold, but he learned a lot about the land and its people.

Back

Francisco Coronado

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This Spanish explorer and conquistador explored North America searching for gold. He made it all the way to East Texas.

Back

Hernando de Soto

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This French explorer wanted to claim land for France, ended up claiming present day Louisiana, and named it after his king. Who is he?

Back

Rene Robert Cavelier

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

This explorer's name means head of cow.

Back

Cabeza de Vaca

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are some of the reasons that European explorers came to Texas? Options: To build the biggest navy and army, Gold, land, to conquer the people that lived there, To learn about the culture of the native people so that they could be more like them, To build an immunity against foreign diseases and to make the native people sick.

Back

Gold, land, to conquer the people that lived there

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