Age of Contact Explorers

Which explorer created the first map of the Texas coastline?

• Hernan Cortez
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Alvarez de Pineda
• La Salle

Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Hernan Cortez
• Alvarez de Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Vasquez de Coronado

Which explorer lived with the natives for 7 years and eventually wrote a book about it?

• Hernan Cortez
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Alvarez de Pineda
• Vazquez de Coronado

Which explorer went looking for Cibola, The City of Gold?

• Hernan Cortez
• Alvarez de Pineda
• La Salle
• Vazquez de Coronado

Which explorer claimed the Mississippi River for France?

• La Salle
• Hernan Cortez
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Vazquez de Coronado

What year did Pineda map the coastline of Texas?

• 1492
• 1519
• 1959
• 2017

Which explorer founded Mexico City?

• Hernan Cortez
• Cabeza de Vaca
• La Salle
• Vazquez de Coronado

Which explorer shipwrecked near Galveston?

• La Salle
• Hernan Cortez
• Alvarez de Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca

Which explorer was the first to see the Grand Canyon?

• La Salle
• Vazquez de Coronado
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Hernan Cortez

Which explorer established Fort St. Louis in Matagorda Bay?

• Vazquez de Coronado
• La Salle
• Alvarez de Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca