Age of Contact and Spanish Colonial Era Review

Spanish explorer ______________________________ spent years wandering around Texas and living with the Karankawa and other Indians.

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Luis de Moscoso Alvarado

Spaniard who spent eight years among the Texas Indians in the 1500s

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
• Luis de Moscoso Alvarado
• Estevanico

Spanish explorer who first mapped the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico

• Pineda
• La Salle
• Cortes
• Coronado

French explorer who was the first French man to come to Texas. He claimed Texas for France.

• Cabeza de Vaca
• La Salle
• Pineda
• Coronado

What is a Spanish soldier/explorer that wanted riches, power, & glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas?

• Friar
• Priest
• Conquistador
• Karankawa

What was the purpose of exploring the Americas in the 16th - 17th centuries?

• To establish peace with Native Americans
• To gain great wealth, prestige, & spread the Christian religion
• To bring new technology to the Natives
• To bring new diseases to the Americas

What Spanish explorer, mapped the Texas coast in 1519?

• La Salle
• Columbus
• Cortes
• Pineda

What were the main reasons of European exploration to the Americas?

• Help spread diseases to Native Americans
• Get rich, spread the Catholic religion, & get fame & glory
• Bring new ideas & technology to the Americas
• Test new shipping across the Atlantic

What explorer created this map in 1519?

• Christopher Columbus
• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
• Panfilo de Narvaez
• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

What Spanish explorer survived with the Karankawa Indians for 8 years?

• Cortes
• Coronado
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Pineda