Age of Contact Independent Lesson

Age of Contact

This era is all about how the OLD WORLD meets the NEW WORLD.  We will see Europeans sail across the see and discover that there are, not only vast new lands, but also diverse cultures extremely different from their own. 

Multiple Choice

The main thing that happens during the Age of Contact is....

• Europeans Explore the New World

• Medical Discoveries

• The 100 Years War

Multiple Choice

What are the 3 motivations for exploration? (The 3G's)

• Grants, Gold, Gifts

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Gone, Gold, Glory

• God, Goats, Glory

Multiple Choice

What is a Conquistador?

• Diety

• Religious Leader

• Soldier and Adventurer

• Messenger

Multiple Choice

Who accidentally sailed to the Americas in 1492?

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Cortes

• Pineda

Multiple Choice

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Moctezuma II

• Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Cortes

Multiple Choice

Who created the first map of Texas in 1519?

• Columbus

• Pineda

• Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

Multiple Choice

Who was the first European to set foot on Texas soil. (He was also captured by the Karankawa.

• Columbus

• Pineda

• Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

Multiple Choice

Who searched for cities of Gold after hearing info from Cabeza de Vaca's travels through Texas?

• De Niza and Estevanico

• Coronado and Estevanico

Multiple Choice

What was Coronado searching for?

• Faster route to India

• Gold/Cities of Gold

• New People to convert to Catholicism

• More land for the king

Multiple Choice

Why did Spain lose interest in Texas for 80 years?

• Lack of LAND

• Lack of GLORY

• Lack of TREASURE

• Too much WORK

Multiple Choice

Exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas from the New World to the Old World and from the Old World to the New World.

• New World Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Travelers Exchange

• Old World Exchange

Multiple Choice

What animal did the Spanish bring to the new world?

• Buffalo

• Squirrels

• Sheep

• Mustangs

Multiple Choice

What was the French Explorer's name who set up a fort in Texas?

• La Belle

• La Rue

• Lamant

• La Salle

Multiple Choice

The French Explorer claimed all of the land drained by which river?

• Mississippi

• Rio Grande

• Colorado

• Sabin

Multiple Choice

What did LaSalle name the land he claimed?

• Louisville

• Louisienne

• Louisiana

• Lewisana

Multiple Choice

Was Fort St Louis a success or a failure?

• Success

• Failure

Multiple Choice

What was one of the main effects of French Exploration in Texas?

• It challenged the French claim in Texas

• It ruined the French

• It ruined the Spanish

• It challenged the Spanish claim in Texas