Early Explorers of Texas

This is a practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.

• conquistador

• colony

• slavery

• expedition

Another word for conqueror.

• slavery

• colony

• conquistador

• expedition

This is a settlement of people who have moved to another country but are still ruled by their home country.

• expedition

• slavery

• conquistador

• colony

Which of the following explorers first reached the island near Florida and was backed by the kind and queen of Spain?

• Christopher Colombus

• Hernan Cortes

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

In 1519 who landed in Mexico and set out to conquer the Aztecs?

• Alonso Alvarez Cabeza de Vaca

• Christpoher Colombus

• Hernan Cortes

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

This is a journey made for a special purpose.

• colony

• expedition

• slavery

• conquistador

Which explorer became the first to reach present-day Texas?

• Hernan Cortes

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Colombus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

in 1528, this Spanish explorer wrote about his experiences in a journal that historians used to discover his accomplishments.

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

What was the name of the slave Cabeza de Vaca found?

• Coronado

• Alonso

• Hernan

• Esteban

Which explorer returned to Spain to tell stories about the seven cities of gold he heard about form the American Indians?

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortes