Exploration and Early Colonization of Texas

In what year did Pineda map the coastline of Texas?

• 1519

• 1607

• 1658

• 1718

Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle

• Hernando Cortés

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

What is significant about the year 1718?

• Mission San Antonio de Valero (Alamo) was established

• Mexico won independence from Spain

• El Paso was founded

• Pineda mapped Texas

What was the importance of Jose Escandon?

• he established San Francisco de los Tejas

• he discovered the Grand Canyon

• he was a Spanish commander who created settlements near Laredo, Texas

• he created Fort St. Louis

What is Cibola?

• the first Spanish colony in the New World

• a navigational tool

• the rumored city of gold

• a native American term meaning "friends"

Why is Cabeza de Vaca important?

• he drew a map of Texas

• he was the first to find gold in Texas

• he was the first to write about Texas

• he was the first to establish a mission in Texas

Why did Spanish exploration slow down in the 1500's?

• they were too afraid of attacks by Natives

• They did not find any profitable land

• They already explored all of the land

• They did not find the rumored cities of gold

What was Spain's primary method of colonizing?

• by creating small towns

• by establishing presidios

• by creating ranches

• by creating missions

How did the Spanish missions impact Native Americans?

• the missions tried to convert the different Indian tribes to Christianity

• the mission were forts to fight the Indians

• the missions drove all of the Indians away

• the missions were established so the Spanish could learn more about the Indians

Which of the following is a likely reason that some missions failed among the Native populations

of Texas?

• The Native people had their own religions, beliefs, and ways of doing things

• The missionaries could not build structures that would last.

• The Spanish sent no support for the missionaries.

• Most missionaries didn't believe in what they were doing.