Texas Explorers 1

What year did Christopher Columbus land in Caribbean Islands?

• 1492

• 1519

• 1521

• 1536

His mission to find gold in Texas failed

• Cortes

• Pineda

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

Which of the following explorers Never came to Texas:

• Pineada

• De Vaca

• La Salle

• Columbus

Columbus made a total of ____ journeys. 

• 10
• 14
• 2
• 4

Why did Columbus call the Taino natives Indians?

• Because they asked him to

• Because Columbus thought he had landed in the West India.

• Because he liked the name Indians.

• Because he did not understand what they were trying to say.

Columbus was sponsored by ___________________________________.

• The King and Queen of Spain
• President Obama
• The King of England 
• Queen Elizabeth 

What ocean did Columbus cross?

• Indian

• Arctic

• Atlantic

• Southern

Columbus's ships were named the _____________________.

• Ninta, Pinta, Santa Maritha

• Nine, Pine, and Mine

• Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

• Ninia, Pinia, Santa Mine

Cabeza de Vaca and his men were from ________________.

• Florida

• Mexico

• Spain

• Cuba

Where did Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca get shipwrecked in and captured by the Karankawas?

• Grapevine

• Spain

• Florida

• Galveston