Age of Contact 7th Grade

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?

• Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.

• Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.

• Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.

• American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.

Which sequence of events is in correct chronological order?

• Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  Pineda maps Texas

  La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

• Pineda maps Texas

  Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

• La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

  Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  Pineda maps Texas

• Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

  Pineda maps Texas

Which headline could have occurred in 1519?

• Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!

• La Salle Lands at Gulf Coast!

• Coronado Crosses Texas!

• Cortes Defeats Aztecs!

Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle

• Hernando Cortés

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the Americas?

• Desire to find gold

• Desire to spread democracy

• Desire to leave overcrowded cities

• Desire to escape government monarchies

What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?

• Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.

• Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.

• Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.

• Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.

Which of the following explorers was shipwrecked near Galveston while searching for the legendary city of El Dorado?

• Robert La Salle

• Hernán Cortés

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

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

• take land from the U.S.

• colonize South America

• find gold for Spain

• convert native people to Islam

What did Coronado HOPE to find in Texas?

• Seven Cities of Gold

• buffalo herds

• a land passage to the Pacific

• all-water route to New England

LaSalle: Mouth of Mississippi :: Coronado:_____________

• Galveston Island

• Seven Cities of Gold

• Pike's Peak

• Passage to the Pacific