Bowie Middle: Age of Contact

What was Estavanico's major contribution to Texas history?

• He helped build the first missions.
• He was the first Spanish explorer to discover Cibola.
• He was the first African explorer.
• He led the first expedition into the Mississippi.

Which is the correct definition of Conquistador?

• A person who wanders from place to place
• A person with healing powers that can tell the future.
• A Spanish soldier that sought wealth, glory, and power.
• A king who wanted to conquer other places.

Cabeza de Vaca and Estavanico lived among the Karankawas for many years because. . .

• They captured and tortured anyone that disobeyed their orders.

• They enslaved the Karankawas and forced them to search for gold.

• They were traitors to the Spanish crown.

• The Karankawas thought they were Shaman that healed people.

Which Spanish explorer mapped the coast of Texas?

• Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• Cortez

Why was Texas a disappointment to the early Spanish explorers?

• Native Texans were unfriendly.
• Texas was too big to explore.
• Cibola was guarded by a fierce war-like tribe.
• Spain could not find the riches they thought they would.

What motivated the Spanish to keep exploring Texas?

• They loved laying on the pristine beaches of Texas.
• They were searching for the 7 cities of Gold
• They wanted to be known as Shaman.
• They heard it was a great place to visit.

How did Spain respond after the French established a colony at Fort St. Louis?

• They returned and built missions.
• They declared war on France.
• They took over the mouth of the Mississippi River.
• They conquered the Axtecs and built Mexico City.

What two physical landforms did Coronado see while on his expedition?

• Palo Duro Canyon and the Grand Canyon
• Santa Fe and Amarillo
• Mountains and Basins
• the "Seas of Grass"

Which were the causes for European Exploration?

• Political/Glory, Economic/Gold, Social/God
• Ships being wrecked on the coast
• They thought the sunrises and sunsets were magnificent. 
• Natives were great, friendly people.

The French explorer La Salle's job was too. . . 

• Find the Mississippi River
• Wreck his ship near Galveston
• To be killed by his own men.
• to build Fort St. Louis.