Texas History Unit 2 Review

Which explorer shipwrecked in Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?

• Cortez

• La Salle

• Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

What are the 3 G's?

• Goats, Grapes, and Grass

• Gems, Gold, and Glory

• God, Gold, and Glory

• Guts, Ghosts, and Grit

Which years are also know as the Age of Contact?

• 1400s

• 1500s

• 1600s

• 1700s

Who survived riding a raft during a hurricane only to become a prisoner of the Karankawas?

• La Salle

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

• Cortez

Which of the following explorers traveled across Texas, New Mexico and Arizona looking for the Seven Cities of Cibola?

• Cortez

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

• La Salle

Use the newspaper headline and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.

"Pineda Maps the Coastline of Texas!"

During which year does the event of the headline occur

• 1492

• 1967

• 1519

• 1915

Which of the following explorers was the first to sail along and map the Texas coastline?

• de Soto

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Mr. Rhoades

• Pineda

What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?

• Cibola was a Native American tribe in the Mountains and Basins

• Cibola was an explorer in the 1960s

• Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.

• Cibola is the name of Coach Betak's pet llama

LaSalle: Mouth of Mississippi :: Coronado:_____________

• Ms. De La Rosa's favorite car

• The Aztec Empire

• Seven Cities of Gold

• Mouth of Mordor

Comparing the experiences of Cabeza de Vaca and La Salle, what approach to interacting with Native Texans was most successful for each group's survival?

• Both hated Native American food

• They were both from France

• They both had cool Corvettes

• Learning from each other and interacting peacefully