Unit 2 Age of Contact

In what year did Alvarez de Pineda explore the  Texas coastline?

• 1519
• 1528
• 1541
• 1542

What contribution did Alvarez de Pineda make for Spanish exploration?

• mapped the Texas coast
• defeated the Aztec
• settled Mexico City
• explored New Mexico

The main goal of French settlers in Texas was to

• impose French culture on the Native Texans
• establish trade networks with the Native Texans
• convert the Native Texans to Catholicism
• eradicate all traces of the Native Texan customs

What factor helped Cortès in his defeat of the Aztec empire?

• Persuading other Native Americans to join him against the Aztec
• The Aztec welcomed him, believing he was a god
• Taking Moctezuma hostage
• All of the above

What area of the new world was Cabeza de Vaca originally set to explore before his shipwreck?

• Between Florida and Mexico
• Texas
• Mexico's coastline
• Caribbean islands

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?

• Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
• American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
• Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
• Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.

Put the explorers in chronological order.

• Cabeza de Vaca
  Pineda
  La Salle
• Pineda
  Cabeza de Vaca
  La Salle
• La Salle
  Cabeza de Vaca
  Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca
  La Salle
  Pineda

Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle
• Hernando Cortés
• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
  

Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the Americas?

• Desire to find gold
• Desire to spread democracy
• Desire to leave overcrowded cities
• Desire to escape government monarchies

What happened to Narváez on his journey with Cabeza de Vaca?

• Narváez led a rebellion against Cabeza de Vaca and left him in Florida while he searched for the coast of Texas.
• Narváez was captured by Indians in Florida, and then, in Texas and died from poor treatment.
• Narváez was so desperate for gold that he stayed in Florida searching for it and never made it to Texas.
• Narváez ignored de Vaca, led a failed exploration of Florida, and eventually was lost in a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.