2nd six weeks review 2025

1. Which of the following was NOT a reason that the Europeans explored the Americas?

• Government

• Gold

• Glory

• God

All of these were significant results of Spanish Exploration EXCEPT:

• Disease spread and killed thousands of Texas Natives.

• Plants and Animals were exchanged between New World and Old world

• Natives began to use the horse as a way of transportaion

• Stephen Austin created first colony in Texas.

1. In which year could the newspaper headline below have appeared?

“Piñeda Maps the Coastline of Texas!”

• 1519

• 1607

• 1658

• 1718

1. What was Cibola and what role did it play in Spanish Exploration in Texas?

• It was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.

• a) It was a legend about seven cities of gold that brought Spanish explorers to Texas.

• It was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.

• a) It was a disease that killed many Spaniards

The French Explorer, Siuer de LaSalle landed in Matagorda Bay in 1685, and claimed the land in East Texas for France. His small group of men then settled at Fort Saint Louis. French presence in Texas would only last 5 years, which answer best explains why?

• Spain beat the French in a battle, thus re-claiming their land

• All the French left after a big hurricane destroyed Fort Saint Louis

• The French King could no longer afford to take care of the fort

• Many were killed by natives or died from hunger and disease

1. What was the purpose of building presidios in Texas?

• To convert Natives to Christianity

• To steal gold from Americans

• To fight filibusters

• To protect Spanish missions and lands

We wake up for daily prayer service, usually an hour-long. Following this, we head to the fields where we work until dinnertime. After dinner we learn various Spanish dances and traditions, and then it’s back to sleep; and repeat the next day.”

The above quote is likely from

• A soldier living in a Mission

• A Spaniard living in a settlement

• A Native living in a Presidio

• A Native living in a Mission

Which of the following events took place in 1812?

• Texas; Independence from Mexico

• The Battle of the Alamo

• Mexican Independence from Spain

• The Republic of Texas was Formed

________________________ spent many years living among the Native Americans and wrote a journal of his experiences.

• Alonso de Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan de Onate

• Robert La Salle

The French explorer La Salle built Fort St Louis in eastern Texas after missing the Mississippi River, what impact did this have for the Spanish?

• The Spanish were afraid and abandoned their claim on East Texas

• The Spanish went to war with France over their territory

• The Spanish didn't care because they knew La Salle was a poor navigator

• The Spanish built missions in East Texas to reassert its claim on the territory