La Salle

LaSalle is best known for claiming ________ for France.

• Louisiana

• Michigan

• the Oregon Trail

• Greenland

LaSalle built ________on Garcitas Creek.

• temples

• Fort Saint Louis

• Spanish settlements

• Emerald Village

Soon after Columbus ruled the New World, who controlled the land that is now Mexico?

• Portugal

• France

• Spain

• England

La Salle's explorations motivated the __________ to take a stronger interest in settling Texas.

• French

• Dutch

• Russian

• Spanish

What is now Mexico was once called __________?

• New Spain

• Guatemala

• New Mexico

• India

The Frenchmen developed a friendship with the ______ until it was discovered that they had taken goods from the French ship.

• Shawnee

• Karankawa

• Seneca

• Cherokee

When La Salle reached the Gulf of Mexico, he was supposed to be at the ______________.

• Grand Canyon

• Aspen Mountain

• Great Appalachian Valley

• Mississippi River

What two countries were enemies at this time?

• France and England

• China and the Netherlands

• France and Spain

• England and Italy

Because he was desperate to have volunteers for his voyage, La Salle recruited whom?

• Blacksmiths

• Children

• Merchants

• Beggars

Around the time La Salle was exploring, the Spanish did not want this group to have the upper hand in settling Texas.

• The French

• The Roman

• The Polish

• The Irish