Explorers of Texas

Multiple Choice

Which reason best completes this list?

• To spread democratic ideals

• To improve efficiency in manufacturing

• To lace potential military allies

• To claim new territory

Multiple Choice

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found Utopian communities

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• To reduce the overpopulation in Europe

• To create communities founded on religious tolerance

• To profit from trading furs and other goods

• To create joint ventures with other European powers

Multiple Choice

A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest for the Americas

• conquistador

• missionary

• representative

• privateer

Match

Match the following

• Voyage

• Empire

• Epidemic

a long journey involving travel by sea

an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

• a long journey involving travel by sea

• an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority

• a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time.

Match

Match the following

• Colony

• Allies

• Siege

a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

a state or group of people formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building

• a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country

• a state or group of people formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose.

• a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building

Multiple Choice

Which area did the Spanish claim land on the map?

• Green

• Red

• Blue

Multiple Choice

Which area did the French claim land on the map?

• Green

• Red

• Blue