Chapter 5.1 The Spanish Explore Texas

In the 1400s, Europeans looked for new trade routes to India and East Asia. They wanted to avoid the old land routes across the Middle East. Why?

• because it was farther going through land.

• because it was more dangerous through land.

• because they liked the sea better.

• because the Ottomans who controlled the area demanded high fees from traders.

When did Cristopher Columbus arrive for the first time on a small island in the Caribbean Sea and claimed it for Spain?

• October 12, 1492

• October 13, 1492.

• October 14, 1493.

• October 12, 1493.

What is a conquistador?

• a leader of a tribe.

• A soldier-explorer.

• A soldier.

• An explorer.

Hernán Cortés tore down the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, and raided the city’s treasure. On the ruins, they built a new city and named it _____________.

• Panama

• Mexico

• Tejas

• New Mexico

Spain was a Roman Catholic nation, and its rulers wanted to convert the Native Americans to what type of religion?

• Catholicism.

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

• Islam

Who became the FIRST European to explore the Texas coast?

• Hernán Cortés

• Cristopher Columbus

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

Who joined a large expedition led by the conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez and became the FIRST Europeans to enter what is now Texas?

• Hernán Cortés

• Cristopher Columbus

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

What does the word Nomadic mean?

• constantly moving.

• to hunt.

• warrior.

• to stay in one place forever.

Cabeza de Vaca settled on a small island and established himself as a trader.

• TRUE.

• FALSE.

Cabeza de Vaca described herds of huge “cattle” with small horns, what was he referring to?

• cow

• bull

• bison

• goat