Unit 2: Age of Contact

Why was Alvarez de Piñeda's expedition an important event in the history of Texas?

• He introduced Catholicism to present-day Texas

• He was the first European to settle in present-day Texas

• He was the first European to discover present-day Texas

• He claimed territory for Spain that included present-day Texas

Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and DeSoto all can be named...

• European Explorers who traveled to North America

• Spanish Explorers who discovered Texas

• European Explorers who heard of the Cities of Gold

• Spanish Explorers who were Shipwrecked

Which of the following countries threatened Spain's control of the boarderlands?

• United States

• England

• Germany

• France

La Salle mistakenly landed in Texas when he was seeking the:

• region of the Rio Grande known as Big Bend country

• mouth of the Rio Grande River from the Gulf of Mexico

• mouth of the Mississippi River, from the gulf of Mexico

• northwest passageway to the Pacific ocean by way of water transportation

Which of the following was the main accomplishment of Explorer Hernan Cortez?

• He was the first European to see, and map the Texas Gulf Coast

• He captured the mighty Karankawa chief, Montezuma

• He gave the gold and riches he discovered to the French King and Queen

• He destroyed the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City in its place

Spain first claimed Texas as a result of the 1519 expedition along the Texas coast led by

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonzo Pineda

The first nation's flag to fly over Texas was....

• United States

• French

• Texas

• Spanish

Coronado led the large scale expedition in the areas of Texas and new Mexico while searching for what?

• Wichita and Tigues, the Aztec cities fabled to be rich with Gold

• Cibola and Quivira, the largest of the seven cities of Gold

• Galveston and Matagorda, the places rumored to be best suited for natural ports and waterways

• Tenochtitlan and Mexico City, to take it over from Hernan Cortez, and control the massive wealth he controlled there

Hernando de Soto's expedition traveled across Texas and other parts of the Americas to

• take land from France

• find gold for Spain

• Settle new territories

• convert the native people groups

Why did the Northern Coastal Plains of Texas become more important to the Spanish after 1684?

• Because the French were discovered to be settling near the region

• Because the French had attacked and sunk many Spanish ships bringing gold back from Mexico

• Because they had begun important trade relations with the Caddo natives living in the region

• Because they had finished exploring Mexico and were eager to explore and settle new territories