Missions and Explorers

Which explorer claimed to have seen 'cities of gold'? 

• Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• Cortez

Which Explorer went looking for the "cities of gold" but found only simple adobe brick houses?

• Cabeza De Vaca
• Coronado
• Pineda
• La Salle

Which explorer made the very first map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas Gulf Coast?

• Coronado
• Pineda
• Cabeza De Vaca
• La Salle

Which explorer was the very first European to ever sail to America?

• Pineda
• Coronado
• Magellin
• Columbus

Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Karankawas)?

• Columbus
• Cabeza De Vaca
• Coronado
• Cortez

This explorer conquered the mighty Aztec Empire by being sneaky and lucky (lucky to be filled with disease)!

• Cortez
• Coronado
• Cabeza De Vaca
• Pineda

What ended up being the #1 killer of about 80% of all Native Americans over the 200 years after Columbus arrived?

• Dying in battle (getting shot)
• Diseases (small pox)
• Starving to Death
• Old Age

Spanish explorer who was the first to map the Texas coast in 1519

• Pineda
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Cortes
• Coronado

French Explorer who founded Fort St. Louis and was killed by his own men.

• Pineda
• Cortes
• La Salle
• Cabeza de Vaca

Shipwrecked in Texas and captured by the Karankawa, he walked all the way west to El Paso and south to Mexico City

• Cortes
• Coronado
• Cabeza de Vaca
• La Salle