AGE OF CONTACT QUIZ

What are the 3 motivations for exploration? (The 3G's)

• Grants, Gold, Gifts

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Gone, Gold, Glory

• God, Goats, Glory

Answer explanation

These were the three main reasons why people left the Old World to explore the New World.

The main thing that happens during the Age of Contact is....

• Europeans Explore the New World

• Medical Discoveries

• The 100 Years War

What is a Conquistador?

• Diety

• Religious Leader

• Soldier and Adventurer

• Messenger

Who accidentally sailed to the Americas in 1492?

• Columbus

• Magellan

• Cortes

• Pineda

Answer explanation

Accidental because he was not meaning to find new continents but a faster way to get to Asia, specifically INDIA.

Who conquered the Aztec Empire?

• Moctezuma II

• Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Cortes

Who created the first map of Texas in 1519?

• Pineda

• Cortes

Who was the first European to set foot on Texas soil. His journal is one of our first records of Texas' geography. (He was also captured by the Karankawa)

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Pineda

Who searched for cities of Gold after hearing info from Cabeza de Vaca's travels through Texas?

• De Niza and Estevanico

• Coronado and Estevanico

What was Coronado searching for?

• New People to convert to Catholicism

• Gold/Cities of Gold

Why did Spain lose interest in Texas for 80 years?

• Lack of LAND

• Lack of TREASURE