Natural TX, Age of Contact, and Spanish Colonial Era Review

American Indians often died of diseases that did not kill Europeans because

• they had not been previously exposed to those diseases
• their diets were not as rich in vegetables and minerals
• Indian medicine was not as good as Spanish medicine
• Indians were not in very good physical condition

For what achievement is Alonso Alvarez de Pineda known?

• introducing horses to North America
• creating the first map of the coast of Texas
• bringing the potato back to Europe
• discovering the Pacific Ocean

Which missionary established the first mission in East Texas, Mission San Francisco de Los Tejas?

• Fray Damian Massanet
• Jose de Escandon
• Antonion Margil de Jesus
• Francisco Hildalgo

Which Spanish explorer lived among the Karankawa Indians and wrote a book which was the first European account of life in North America?

• Estevanico
• Coronado
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Moscos

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the conquistadors in traveling to the Americas?

• to become wealthy by finding gold
• to gain glory by winning great victories
• to obtain land for themselves
• to become friends with the American Indians

One reason for conflict between the Spanish and American Indians was that both groups claimed the same

• ancestors
• gold
• land
• religion

An Italian sailor named _________________________ believed he could reach Asia by sailing west.

• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Columbus
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

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

Pánfilo de Narvaéz led an expedition that its few survivors ended up on ____________.

• Mustang Island
• Padre Island
• near Galveston
• High Island

The royal governor of New Spain was called the ____________________.

• Prince
• Your Lordship
• Viceroy
• Governor