European Explorers

In 1492 who sailed the ocean blue?

• Columbus

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Cornonado

• Pineda

What country did Columbus explore for?

• England

• France

• Spain

• United States

Who is credited with finding America?

• Pineda

• Cabez de Vaca

• Columbus

• Bill Nye

What were the reasons for exploration?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• All of the above

What was Columbus looking for?

• Gold in the city of Cibola

• Defeat the Aztec in Mexico

• long lost family members in the island

• An all water route to Asia

In 1519 what did Pineda do?

• The first to map the Texas coast

• Find the city of San Antonio

• Searched for the city of Cibola

• Became an empresario

Who was a prisoner of the Karankawa Indians, commanded the first party of Spaniards to land on Galveston Island, and published the book "The Shipwrecked"

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Pineda

• Jose de Escandon

• Christopher Columbus

Who was the French explorer established a fort at Matagorda Bay?

• Pineda

• Columbus

• La Salle

• Coronado

What era is being describe: coast of Texas is mapped, Texas is explored by Europeans, Spanish and French forts are established.

• Mexican Era

• The Age of Contact

• The era of Revolution and Republic

• The Spanish Colonial Era

Who led the search for the seven cities of gold, Cibola?

• Estevanico

• Coronado

• La Salle

• de Soto