Texas Explorers

Which explorer was looking for 'cities of gold'?

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

• Cortez

Which explorer made the very first map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas Gulf Coast?

• Coronado
• Pineda
• Cabeza De Vaca
• La Salle

This explorer wrote the first Texas History Book, from his journals of his adventures across Texas and Mexico?

• Coronado

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Cortez

• Pineda

I am known for crossing through the panhandle of Texas:

• Onate

• La Salle

• Cornado

• Moscoso

What impact did the expeditions of Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca have on the exploration of Texas? 

• Pineda’s map and Cabeza’s stories so alarmed the Kings of Europe that they stopped all further exploration 
• the King gave free copies of Pineda’s map to all the interested peasants in Europe who wanted to vacation 
• Cabeza’s stories of his travels (his journal) and Pineda’s map encouraged others to settle.
• the local Indians were so happy with Pineda’s map that they offered free land to any European settlers.

Which headline could have occurred in 1519?

• Manny Valdez defeats the Aztecs!
• Coronado claims Oregon!
• Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!
• La Salle Claims New York!

Which Spanish explorer set out to find Cibola (cities of gold) and was considered a failure for Spain?

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Hernan Cortez

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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
  

God, Gold, and Glory - 

• Reasons for exploration and colonization
• Reasons for spreading democracy 
• Reasons for staying in your own country
• Reasons for escaping government

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 Salled establishes Fort St. Louis
  - Pineda maps Texas