Explorers of Texas

In what year did de Pineda map the coastline of Texas?

• 1519

• 1527

• 1539

• 1540

What did Cabeza de Vaca create that inspired other explorers to go to Texas?

• a journal

• a map of the coastline

• stories of finding Cibola

• a Zuni pueblo

What did Fray Marcos report finding? What was it actually?

• He thought he saw Cibola. It was actually a Zuni Pueblo.

• He thought he saw a Zuni pueblo. It was actually Cibola.

• He thought he saw Cibola, and it actually was.

• He thought he saw the Mississippi River. It was actually the Gulf of Mexico.

What did Coronado find during his expedition to find Cibola?

• the Grand Canyon and Palo Duro Canyon

• Cibola

• El Dorado

• The Mississippi River

What is de Soto credited as being the first European to see?

• the Mississippi River

• the Pacific Ocean

• the Gulf of Mexico

• Florida

Why is Onate considered the last conquistador?

• Spain stopped funding expeditions to Texas because they were too expensive and did't find gold.

• Spain began establishing permanent settlements throughout Texas and no longer needed to explore.

• Spain decided the New World was not worth it and stopped sending people to North America.

• France took over Texas.

Why was La Salle's Fort St. Louis important?

• It prompted Spanish colonization in Texas to protect their territory from the French.

• It wasn't. It was a complete failure.

• France was able to gain control of Texas from the Spanish.

• The French set up profitable fur trading with the Karankawa tribe.

Who created the first map of the Texas coast?

• de Pineda

• Corodado

• La Salle

• de Soto

Why did the Turk claim to know where Cibola was located and lead Coronado on an expedition?

• To protect his tribe

• He actually knew were Cibola was and wanted to protect it

• He thought if he gave the gold to Coronado, he would go away

What were many of the Spanish explorers looking for in Texas?

• Cibola

• Spices

• Fur trading

• To create settlements