Understanding the Explorers

All of the following explorers explored for Spain, EXCEPT:

• Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda

• Antonio de Espejo

• René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer hoped to find riches and the Seven Cities of Cíbola?

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado

• Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan de Oñate

Who was the first European to explore all of Texas’s Gulf Coast?

• Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda

• Antonio de Espejo

• René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer provided descriptions of many American Indians tribes that lived in what is now the southern regions of the United States?

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado

• Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer traveled through present day Mississippi?

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado

• Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer returned to Mexico with news of silver mines in present day New Mexico and Arizona?

• Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda

• Antonio de Espejo

• René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer led an expedition to present-day New Mexico, traveling through Texas?

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado

• Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer was born in Mexico?

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado

• Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

• Juan de Oñate

Which explorer established the first European settlement in Texas?

• Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda

• Antonio de Espejo

• René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

• Juan de Oñate

All of the following explorers hoped to find large quantities of gold and silver, EXCEPT:

• Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado

• Antonio de Espejo

• René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle