Exploration & Spanish Colonial Texas

Soldier explorers that conquered the people living in these places with their superior weapons were called ___.

• confectioners

• conquistadores

• friars

• viceroys

What did Columbus see on one of the natives that made him enslave the native?

• gold bracelet

• silver ring

• gold earring

• turquoise ring

What great empire did Hernán Cortés conquer?

• Aztec

• Inca

• Caddo

• Comanche

What capital of New Spain was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlán?

• San Antonio

• Trujillo

• Veracruz

• Mexico City

Spanish rulers wanted to convert the Native Americans to ___ the official religion of Spain?

• Protestantism

• Catholicism

• Judaism

• Buddhism

Conquistadores sailed for Spain, for glory, for god but mainly ___?

• gold

• gas

• silver

• land

Pineda became the first European to explore and make a map of the Texas ___.

• Panhandle

• Mountains

• Hill Country

• Coast

Cabeza de Vaca and the other survivors were saved and lived among the ___ after landing in Texas?

• Karankawa

• Comanches

• Caddos

• Jumanos

Cabeza de Vaca wrote a book about his experiences sharing tales about ___ to the north of Mexico?

• French explorers

• the Great Lakes

• the Pacific Ocean

• lands of riches

Cabeza de Vaca and his group became the first ___ to set foot on Texas soil?

• natives

• Europeans

• Asians

• Americans