(7.2B) Exit Ticket 10/12

Why did the Northern Coastal Plains of Texas become more important to the Spanish after 1684?

• Because the French were discovered to be settling near the region

• Because the French had attacked and sunk many Spanish ships bringing gold back from Mexico

• Because they had begun important trade relations with the Caddo natives living in the region

• Because they had finished exploring Mexico and were eager to explore and settle new territories

Hernando de Soto's expedition traveled across Texas and other parts of the Americas to

• take land from France

• find gold for Spain

• Settle new territories

• convert the native people groups

Coronado led the large scale expedition in the areas of Texas and new Mexico while searching for what?

• Wichita and Tigues, the Aztec cities fabled to be rich with Gold

• Cibola and Quivira, the largest of the seven cities of Gold

• Galveston and Matagorda, the places rumored to be best suited for natural ports and waterways

• Tenochtitlan and Mexico City, to take it over from Hernan Cortez, and control the massive wealth he controlled there

The first nation's flag to fly over Texas was....

• United States

• French

• Texas

• Spanish

Spain first claimed Texas as a result of the 1519 expedition along the Texas coast led by

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonzo Pineda

Which of the following was the main accomplishment of Explorer Hernan Cortez?

• He was the first European to see, and map the Texas Gulf Coast

• He captured the mighty Karankawa chief, Montezuma

• He gave the gold and riches he discovered to the French King and Queen

• He destroyed the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City in its place

La Salle mistakenly landed in Texas when he was seeking the:

• region of the Rio Grande known as Big Bend country

• mouth of the Rio Grande River from the Gulf of Mexico

• mouth of the Mississippi River, from the gulf of Mexico

• northwest passageway to the Pacific ocean by way of water transportation

Which of the following countries threatened Spain's control of the boarderlands?

• United States

• England

• Germany

• France

Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, and DeSoto all can be named...

• European Explorers who traveled to North America

• Spanish Explorers who discovered Texas

• European Explorers who heard of the Cities of Gold

• Spanish Explorers who were Shipwrecked

Why was Alvarez de Piñeda's expedition an important event in the history of Texas?

• He introduced Catholicism to present-day Texas

• He was the first European to settle in present-day Texas

• He was the first European to discover present-day Texas

• He claimed territory for Spain that included present-day Texas