European Explorers-Wks 9, 10, 11 (Texas Studies Weekly)

True or False: Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, Onate, and Pineda were Spanish explorers?

• True

• False

Which of the following was a French explorer?

• La Belle

• La Salle

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

Spanish explorers explored the New World for what reasons?

• to give land away

• to find gold

• to find the Royal Road

• to find horses

Did Spanish explorers ever find the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola (cities of gold)?

• Yes
• No

What happened to Cabeza de Vaca and his men after they washed ashore on Galveston Island?

• They were enslaved by Indians.
• They found cities of gold.
• They searched the beach for seashells.
• They died from dehydration.

Pineda is famous for _______.

• horse riding
• speaking French
• mapping the world
• mapping the Texas coast

What modern-day west Texas city did Onate travel through on his way to New Mexico?

• El Paso
• Alpine
• El Camino Real
• Galveston

Coronado searched for which legendary place?

• Seven Springs
• Seven Cities of Silver
• Seven Cities of Cibola
• Three Rivers of Gold

La Salle named the state of __________ after King Louis XIV of France.

• Kingsland
• Florida
• Texas
• Louisiana

La Salle is known for his famous voyage in which he sailed the _________ River and claimed the land for France.

• Guadalupe
• Mississippi
• Louisiana
• really long