European Exploration of Texas

Which word BEST describes the goals of Columbus's voyage to what became known as the New World

• Gold

• Christianity

• Pride

• Trade

Columbus traveled west across the Atlantic Ocean in search of?

• a route to the riches of the Americas

• a trade route to the Far East

• a route around the tip of Africa

• a better route to the holy land

Columbus actually landed in?

• Florida

• Texas

• The Caribbean Islands

• South America

Cortes's conquest of the Aztec helped lead to the later exploration of Texas by?

• establishing a base for Spanish colonization in the Americas

• capturing southern Texas from the Aztec

• identifying a passage through to the Pacific Ocean

• forcing the French to give up their claim to Texas

Whose reports of cities made of gold were most responsible for the first planned expedition to Texas?

• Francisco de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

The first Spanish explorer to map the Texas coast was?

• Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda

• Hernan Cortes

• Panfilo de Narvaez

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

The explorer who wrote stories of cities that would inspire others to explore Texas was?

• Alonzo Alvarez de Pineda

• Hernan Cortes

• Panfilo de Narvaez

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

The most useful result of the expeditions of Coronado and de Soto was?

• alliances with Native Americans

• maps of the land

• information about plant and animal life

• new trade routes

Considering the amount of territory covered and the absence of gold that was found, Spain's reaction to the Coronado and de Soto expeditions was to?

• set up trading posts in Texas to serve natives

• withdraw colonies from the New World

• focus efforts on Mexico and its wealth

• begin colonizing Texas and converting natives to Christianity

The explorer who traveled across the American Southwest in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola was?

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

• Juan Ponce de Leon