Unit 2: Exploration Quiz

Gold, God and Glory refers to-

• Reasons for colonies

• Christopher Columbus’ three ships

• Reason for Exploration

• Reasons for the slave trade

The first Europeans to explore Texas did so because they were:

• Searching for gold

• Studying Karankawa Indian customs

• Escaping their homeland

• They were bored!

How did Europeans increase their knowledge of Texas in 1519?

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda of Spain was the first European to see Texas

• Europeans were able to learn from Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's mapping of the Texas coast.

• Juan Ponce De León and Diego Veláquez were the first Europeans to explore Texas.

• They searched it up

de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle, and de Pineda were all people who ventured to unfamiliar areas. The term we can use for these men is

• Explorer

• Conquistador

• Friar

• Priest

What is the best title for the timeline above?

• Cabeza de Vaca’s Exploration Through Texas

• French Colonization of Texas

• Pineda’s Mapping of Texas

• European Exploration of Texas

In which era did the Spanish explorers come to the Americas?

• Natural Texas & Its People

• The Age of Contact

• Mexican National Era

• Spanish Colonial

Put the events in the image in chronological order.

• I, II, III

• III, II, I

• II, I, III

• II, III, I

 What was the importance of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's 
exploration of the Texas coast in 1519?

•  His exploration included
  the first group of Europeans to enter what is now Texas.
•  His journey inspired conquistadores
  to explore what is now Texas.
• He was the first European
  to explore and map what is now the
  Texas coastline.
• He led explorers to an
  island near
  present-day Galveston.

Who was part of the expedition that shipwrecked in Galveston and was saved by the Karankawas?

• Cabeza de gato
• Cabeza de pollo
• Cabeza de vaca
• Cabeza de mesa

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?

• Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.

• American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.

• Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.

• Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.