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Chapter 5.1 The Spanish Explore Texas

Authored by Alejandro Razo

History

7th Grade

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Chapter 5.1 The Spanish Explore Texas
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a conquistador?

a leader of a tribe.

A soldier-explorer.

A soldier.

An explorer.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Catholicism.

Hinduism

Buddhism

Islam

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who became the FIRST European to explore the Texas coast?

Hernán Cortés

Cristopher Columbus

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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