Early Explorers of Texas

Many native Americans were forced into this practice. This is a practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.

• conquistador

• colony

• slavery

• 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

A journey that is planned to explore an area of land.

• 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

A Spanish official who rules in the name of the king or queen

• Governor

• Conquistador

• General

• Viceroy

Which explorer was sent by Spain to find the seven cities of gold and who sent scouting parties throughout the Southwest ?

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortes

In 1540, who gathered more that 600 Spaniards to set out to find gold, but whose contact had devastating effects on Native Americans?

• Hernando De Soto

• Alonso Alvarez

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus