Unit 2 Review

Spain’s efforts to take back their country from the African Moors [a conflict that lasted nearly 800 years] was known as the –

• Reformation

• Reunion

• Reconquista

• Rebate

Most of the explorers who impacted Texas history during the Age of Contact came from –

• Spain

• Germany

• England

• France

In 1492, this explorer began sailing across the vast Atlantic Ocean. His goal was to find a shortcut to Asia by heading west across the large body of water. Instead of finding the shortcut, this explorer landed on an island in the Caribbean Sea. He had discovered a land that Europeans didn’t know about – North and South America. Who was this explorer?

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco de Gama

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

After the discovery of North and South America, many European explorers traveled to this “new world”, motivated by?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• All answers are correct

One of those European explorers was a conquistador named Hernan Cortes, who defeated a native group called the _________ and built Mexico City on the ruins of their empire’s capital.

• Aztecs

• Incas

• Comanches

• Mayans

In the same year that Cortes was defeating the native group, another explorer was sailing along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and creating a map of the area. What year did these two important events happen?

• 1505

• 1515

• 1520

• 1519

What was the name of the explorer who created the map showing the Gulf of Mexico [and claimed all the land for his country]?

• Luis de Moscoso

• Juan Ponce de Leon

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

This man was shipwrecked in Texas and survived with the help of local native Texans. This stranded

explorer lived among the Indian tribes of Texas for six years as a respected shaman [healer] and trader before starting his long journey home. What was his name?

• Alvar Nunez de Cabeza de Vaca

• James Cook

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernando de Soto

Another explorer named Francisco Coronado spent several years looking for a place rumored to be seven cities of gold and silver. This place was called

• California

• Cibola

• Casablanca

• Chattanooga

Though Coronado never found the place he was looking for, what did he report finding?

• rich soil that could be used for farming

• ports that explorers could use to land their ships

• civilizations that had developed amazing technologies

• many caves filled with precious diamonds and jewels