Quiz Review 7th grade

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas

• Forts were built to protect American Indan Tribes in Texas.

• American Indians tribes were discouraged from settling in Texas.

• Missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to te land in Texas

• Spanish exploresrs negotiated treaties to trade and travel safely in Texas

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?

• Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas

• American Indian Tribes were driven out of Texas by the French settlers.

• Spanish explores and French explores both clamed land in Texas.

• Spanish colonist abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.

What year did Pineda Map the Coastline of Texas?

• 1519

• 1607

• 1658

• 1718

Which major Texas city was founded by Spanish colonist in 1718?

• Corpus Christi

• El Paso

• Laredo

• San Antonio

Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the Mouth of the Mississippi ?

• Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle

• Hernando Cortez

• Alviar Nune Cabeza de Vaca

• Frncisco Vasquez de Coronado

Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the American

• Desire to find gold

• desire to spread democracy

• desire to leave overcrowded cities

• desire to escapre government monarchies

 What was the importance of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's 
exploration of the Texas coast in 1519?

•  His journey inspired conquistadores
  to explore what is now Texas.
• He was the first European
  to explore and map what is now the
  Texas coastline.
• He led explorers to an
  island near
  present-day Galveston.

The French settlement built by LaSalle that helped the Spanish decide to start colonizing Texas was built where?

• San Antonio

• Matagorda Bay in Texas

• Louisiana

• El Paso

Who is this person? What is he known for?

• Robert La Salle, developed the first fort in Matagorda, which paranoid (scared) the Spanish

• Pineda, mapped the Gulf of Mexico

• Hidalgo, successfully built the first mission in East Texas

• Massanet, built the first Presidio

What is a Presidio?

• Built by private citizens much like a ranch we find today. They were used to provide food

• Protected a Mission from attacks from the French and offered protection from unfriendly Natives Americans

• Religious communities established by Spanish. Used to convert Native Americans to Catholicism

• Communities settles by civilians who came to the borderland from Spain.