Age of Contact

 What was the importance of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's 
exploration of the Texas coast in 1519?

•  His exploration included
  the first group of Europeans to enter what is now Texas.
•  His journey inspired conquistadores
  to explore what is now Texas.
• He was the first European
  to explore and map what is now the
  Texas coastline.
• He led explorers to an
  island near
  present-day Galveston.

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

• Cabeza De Vaca
• Coronado
• Pineda
• La Salle

La Salle's outpost that was built in Texas was named __________.

• Fort St. Louis
• Fort Worth
• Fort Conquistadore

Which explorer wandered lost in Texas for seven years?

• Cabeza de la Vaca
• Coronado
• La Salle
• Pineda

What three-word saying describes why European explorers came to the New World?

• God, Gold, Grease
• Gold, God, food
• God, Glory, Gold

What year would you expect to see the following headlines: "Cortez Lands in Mexico" and "Pineda Maps the Coast of Texas"?

• 1529
• 1519

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

• Pineda
• Cortes
• La Salle
• Cabeza de Vaca

Spanish explorer who searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola/Gold just to find out they did not exist.

• Coronado

• Robert de La Salle

• Juan de Onate

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonzo de Pineda

What is the time period known as that included missions and presidios?

• The Civil War
• Contemporary Texas
• The Spanish Colonial
• The Revolutionary War

Most missions were built close to 

• Mountains
• Lakes
• Rivers
• Valleys