Age Of Contact Pre-Test

What are the three things that motivated the explorers to start their journey to new lands?

• Gold, Grass, Glory
• God, Glory, Gold
• Gold, Gold, Gold
• God, Glory, Indians

What was Pineda's job when the Spanish Governor sent him to the coast of Texas?

• to settle Texas
• to map the coastline
• to kill the Indians
• to name it Louisiana

Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire and Moctezuma by utilizing what?

• his skill and sharp shooting
• his superior weapons
• their inability to fight
• retreating from the Indians

Who was the original conquistador of Cabeza de Vaca's expedition?

• La Salle
• the governor
• Narvaez
• Cortez

What happened to the men that survived the hurricane from Narvaez's expedition?

• The Karankawas killed them
• They died at sea
• Narvaez killed them
• The washed up at GalvestonBay

Who was Cabeza de Vaca's partner and the first African American we encounter in the Age of Contact Era?

• Cortez
• Estevanico
• La Salle
• Martin Luther King

Cabeza de Vaca learned many skills including healing remedies and how to perform surgeries, by living with the Karankawa, which helped him survive his travels.

• True
• False

What happened to Estevanico when he was sent to search for the cities made of gold?

• he made it back with a cross saying the cities exsisted and they were huge
• he made it back with a cross saying they were small but still worth claiming
• He was killed by the Zuni natives
• He ran away and back to Mexico

What was the result of Coronado's search for Cibola, the seven cities of gold?

• failure, he died
• failure, they did not exist and all he found was houses made of Adobe
• success he made it back with a lot of gold
• success but he died fighting for the gold

After De Soto died from illness, who was his successor?

• Cortez
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Estevanico
• Moscoso