Age of Contact Review 1

Which Era consist of European explorers?

• Natural TX and Its People

• Age of Contact

• Spanish Colonial

Hernan Cortes defeated the Aztecs in 1521. The name of the base that he established was called ___________________.

• New Spain

• Spain Part 2

• San Antonio

• San Jose

In _________, Pineda mapped the coast of Texas.

• 1492

• 1682

• 1519

• 2019

A conquistador was a ______________ explorer who sailed for Spain.

• French

• Spanish

• English

• Native American

Select the three main reasons for European exploration

• God

• Presidio

• Adobe

• Glory

• Gold

________________ was the main reason for Native American deaths.

• War

• Technology

• Disease

Which Texas Region contains the most presidios and missions?

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Mountains and Basins

According to the map, what major resource would be available to missions in the coastal plains?

• Rivers

• Bison

• Adobe

Searching for Cibola, _________________ traveled through the panhandle of Texas in 1540.

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Pineda

• La Salle

• Coronado

When La Salle established Ft. St. Louis in _______, it encouraged the Spanish to start colonizing East Texas.

• 1492

• 1519

• 1685

• 1718