Explorers test review

When Cabeza de Vaca returned to Mexico, after living in Texas for at least 6 years, he made a report to Spanish officials. What part of the report interested Spanish officials the most?

• the sacred Comanche rituals

• reports of a golden city called Cibola

• the Karankawa Indians

• the new plants and animals he discovered

Spain lost interest in Texas after Coronado's journey because they found no _________

Reasons for Cabeza de Vaca's survival in TX (check all of the correct answers)

• medical skills came in handy

• he was well respected

• he helped the karankawas defeat the French

• he received aid from the British

The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and Europe.

• The North Atlantic Slave trade

• Effects of Cortes conquering the Aztecs

• the Global Trade

• the Columbian Exchange

What did Coronado hope to find at Cibola?

• supplies

• gold

• farming land

• rescue Estevanico

___________ was the Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico

Spanish explorer known for making the first map of the Texas coastline

• Columbus

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Pineda

• La Salle

Primary reasons for European exploration in the Americas (check all the correct answers)

• increase wealth by finding gold

• to trade with Native Americans

• claim land to expand empires

• to spread Christianity

"Hunched Back Cow" described by Cabeza de Vaca

• alligators

• Bison (buffalo)

• horses

• impala

This helped Spain conquer the new world with ease

• signing a peace treaty with France

• diseases like smallpox

• horses

• making allies with the Comanches