7th Grade Test 1 Review

What body of water did all of these explorers cross?

• Pacific Ocean
• South Sea
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean

Which explorer was looking for 'cities of gold'?

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

• Cortez

Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?

• Columbus

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Coronado

• Cortez

Which legend did Coronado hear about that he wanted to find?

• New Spain

• The Zuni Pueblo

• Seven Cities of Cibola

• North America

What did Coronado find instead of the seven cities of gold?

• Zuni Pueblo

• Apache Indians

• Karankawa Indians

• New Mexico

I am the first European to walk into Texas? I was shipwrecked there and lived among the natives for several years?

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Pineda
• De Soto
• Fray Marcos

1. Which word best describes how the conquistadors treated the people they conquered?

• Fairly

• Cruelly

• Generously

• Indifferently

Why would the conquistadors bring priests with them to the Americas?

• To help the Spaniards hold religious services

• To perform weddings between Spanish soldiers and native women

• To teach the Spanish soldiers about Christianity

• To convert the native peoples to Christianity

Why did smallpox kill so many of the natives in the Americas, but so few conquistadors?

• The conquistadors had been vaccinated against smallpox

• The natives had poor hygiene, while the Spanish were very clean

• The smallpox virus was designed to only infect native populations

• The natives had never been exposed to European diseases

Why do so many people in Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese?

• They are subjects of the kings of Spain and Portugal

• Their countries were once Spanish or Portuguese colonies

• They are descended from Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors

• They are immigrants from Spain and Portugal