Exploration and Colonization

The European explorer who led an expedition looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola was:

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Sam Houston

The 3 Gs of exploration stand for:

• Guns, Gold, and Glory

• Globes, Graphs, and Grapes

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Golf, Gold, and Greatness

The most significant contribution of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was:

• He founded San Antonio.

• He discovered the Seven Cities of Cibola.

• He made the first maps of the coast of Texas.

• He established Fort St. Louis.

I claimed all land touching the Mississippi River for France. Who am I?

• Cabeza de Vaca

• LaSalle

• Coronado

• Cortez

The Spanish plan for controlling Texas was known as the:

• mission system

• system control

• Spanish police

• Texas Rangers

The first Spanish mission was founded by:

• Francisco Hidalgo

• Antonio Margil de Jesus

• Fray Damian Massanet

• Nacho Libre

For the time period that we have been discussing, there were 3 primary groups in Texas. They were:

• English, British, and Spanish

• French, Russian, and Indian

• Chinese, French, and Spanish

• French, Spanish, and Native American

All of the following were purposes of the missions except:

• Protect Texas from French threat

• Convert Native Americans to Catholicism

• Providing a refuge for the French

• Make the Native Americans loyal to Spain

This Spanish explorer was shipwrecked on Galveston Island and developed positive relations with the Native Americans.

• LaSalle

• Pineda

• DeVaca

• Cortez

Which "G" of exploration could be described as the search for wealth and economic gain?

• God

• Gold

• Glory

• Graffiti