Early Explorers of Texas

Christopher Columbus's voyage proved a possible sea route to the spices of Asia.

• True

• False

Conquistadors helped Spain to conquer and settle lands in the Americas for Spain.

• True

• False

The first Spanish settlement in an area of the Americas was usually a mission.

• True

• False

Cabeza de Vaca was the first European to map the coastline from Florida to Texas in 1519.

• True

• False

The Karankawa killed all of the Spanish, including Cabeza de Vaca, who shipwrecked on an island near today's Galveston.

• True

• False

Which sequence explains how events in Europe in the 1400s led to the Age of Contact in Texas in 1500s and 1600s.

• Europeans search for sea routes to Asia-->Spanish come to the Americas-->Spanish explore Texas.

• Ottomans force traders to go by sea to Asia-->Columbus makes contact with the Karankawa-->Spanish settlers immediately move to Texas.

What was the purpose of Juan de Onate's exploration?

• to found Nacogdoches

• to find a water route to Mexico

• to found settlements on the Rio Grande

What was the purpose of Panfilo de Narvaez's (de Vaca's boss) expedition?

• to convert the Karankawa

• to set up trading posts

• to gain lands between Florida and Mexico for Spain

What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas in 1535-36?

• his stories encouraged other conquistadors

• he became very wealthy because of the gold and minerals he found

• he founded the settlement of Galveston

What was the effect of the establishment of Fort St. Louis on Spain?

• Spain joined forces with France

• Spain's interest in East Texas grew

• Span decided to abandon Texas