Unit 4 Test - Spanish Explorers

Match the following explorers with the dates they are known for

• 1528-1536

• Cortes

• 1540-1542

• Coronado

• 1519

• de Vaca

• 1492

• Pineda

• 1521

• Columbus

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

7.2c

Columbus was the ​ (a)   explorer to claim parts of the New World for a ​ ​ (b)   . In ​ (c)   , he landed in the Caribbean Sea and claimed the land for ​ (d)  

• first
• European power
• 1492
• Spain
• second
• England
• 1521
• Mexico
• 1591
• Mexican Empire

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

Place the following Caribbean Islands in the order they were colonized

• Hispaniola

• Puerto Rico

• Cuba

• Jamaica

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

In 1519, ​ (a)   was hired by the Governor of ​ (b)   to find a shortcut from the ​ (c)   to the ​ ​ ​ (d)  

• Pineda
• Jamaica
• Gulf of Mexico
• Pacific Ocean
• Columbus
• Cortes
• de Vaca
• Mexico
• Florida
• Aztec Empire

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

Use the comic strip image to help you complete the sentence below with the correct conquistador name

When he landed in Mexico, he made an alliance with the Tlaxcala people. The Tlaxcala people didn't like the Aztecs and wanted to help ​ (a)   defeat them.

• Cortes
• de Vaca
• Pineda
• Coronado
• Columbus
• LaSalle

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

Looking at the image, which conquistador is being represented?

• Cortes

• Pineda

• de Vaca

• Coronado

• Narvaez

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

Use the map and the number markers to match the following statements with the correct numbers.

• 2

• Where Columbus TRIED to sail to

• 3

• Where Columbus ACTUALLY sailed to

• 1

• Where Columbus sailed FROM

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

Looking at the image, which conquistador is being represented?

• Cortes

• Pineda

• de Vaca

• Coronado

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

​ (a)   searched the US Southwest for 2 years looking for the 7 Cities of Cibola. He ​ (b)   ​ find them because​ (c)   .

• Coronado
• did not
• they did not exist
• de Vaca
• did
• de Vaca had the right directions
• the natives moved the gold
• Cortes
• they were shimmering
• Pineda

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c

Why do we remember Alonso Pineda?

• He mapped the Gulf Coast

• He conquered the Aztecs

• He found the 7 Cities of Cibola

• He discovered the New World

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SS.7.1a

SS.7.1b

SS.7.2a

SS.7.2b

SS.7.2c