Texas History Unit 3 Review

The series of battles and wars that lasted for 800 years between the African Moors & Spanish Christians in an effort to reconquer Spain, & spread their countries religion is also known as the

• Reconstruction

• Conquistador

• Reconquista

• Reclaimation

Conquistadors and most of the explorers who came impacted Texas during the Age of Contact came from which country?

• Italy

• Portugal

• England

• Spain

Conquistadors were motivated by

• God

• Glory

• Games

• Gold

(a)   mapped the coastline of Texas in ​ (b)  

• Cortes
• Coronado
• Pineda
• 1519
• 1492
• 1685
• Cabeza de Vaca

What did Coronado report about the land north of Mexico? (present day Texas)

• The land had rich soil for farming and there was gold also to be found

• The he had found Cibola

• The land was desert like

• The land had rich soil for faming but there was no gold

What did Spain do as a reaction to Coronado's report about the land north of Mexico? (present day Texas)

• Spain quickly lost interest in Texas for the next century

• Spain ignored his report

• Spain invaded the Moors again to gain more land for Spain

• Spain lost interest for the next decade

What explorer was from France and shipwrecked on Matagorda Bay, Texas?

• Cabeza de Vaca, 1519

• Louie, 1685

• Columbus, 1492

• LaSalle, 1685

What was Spain's reaction to LaSalle's expedition in the New World and what is modern day Texas?

• Spain had no reaction, they were still not interested in modern day Texas

• The Spanish recruited him as a conquistador

• Spain declared war on France

• Spain panicked and began to have a renewed interest by establishing settlements in modern day Texas

The main reason why Spanish missions in Texas ended up failing is because

• Local natives rejected the culture and religion

• There was not enough friars to run the missions

• Hurricanes on the coast destroyed most of the missions

• The French destroyed the Spanish missions

_____were the people who taught Natives about religion and the culture of Spain at the missions.

• Conquistadors

• Spanish settlers

• Spanish soldiers

• Catholic friars