SGM Post 7.1(A) 2022-2023

What was the importance of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda’s exploration of the Texas Coast in 1519?

• His exploration included the first group of Europeans to enter what is now Texas

• His journey inspired conquistadores to explorer 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

By the late 1600s, what other countries besides Spain had established colonies in North America?

• France, England, and Netherlands

• Portugal, Italy, and France

• Mexico, France, and England

• France, Germany, and Sweden

Which sequence explains how events in Europe in the 1400s led to the Age of Contact in Texas in the 1500s and 1600s?

• Europe to Asia land routes not mapped → European traders got lost → Spanish explorers accidentally find Texas

• Europeans search for sea routes to Asia → Spanish come to the Americas → Spanish conquistadors explore Texas

• Ottomans force traders to go by sea to Asia → Columbus makes contact with the Karankawa → Spanish settlers move to Texas 

• European traders lack navigation tools to travel by land to Asia → go by sea instead → Spain discovers Texas

What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas in 1535-36?

• Cabeza de Vaca became very wealthy because of the gold and minerals he found as he traveled through Texas

• Cabeza de Vaca founded the settlement of Galveston.

• Cabeza de Vaca's stories about his journey became the reason other conquistadors wanted to explore Texas

• Cabeza de Vaca's expedition taught the French that Texas was not a place that should be settled.

What was the effect of the establishment of Fort St. Louis on Spain?

• Spain made an alliance with Native Americans in the area around Fort St. Louis.

• Spain moved the capital of New Spain to Fort St. Louis.

• Spain decided to abandon the area that became eastern Texas.

• Spain began paying more attention to exploring and settling what became eastern Texas.

Which reason best completes this list?

• To spread democracy ideals

• To improve efficiency in manufacturing

• To locate potential military allies

• To claim new territory.

Which of the following statements reflects an outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

• The Mexican cession was split between the United States and Mexico

• Americans South of the Nueces river could become Mexicans citizens

• Mexico made a $15 million payment to cover claims of U.S. citizens against Mexico

• The boundary between the Unite States and Mexico was settled

What key political issue was raised due to new U.S. territory gained as a result of the war with Mexico?

• location of the border between Texas and Mexico

• whether the new territories would be open to slavery

• whether Mexico would follow through on paying reparations

• whether the new territories had any importance resources

What was one outcome of the U.S.-Mexican War?

• The United States gain control of the Oregon country

• Mexico gave up all claims to Texas

• Texas and the new territories had to give up slavery

• Mexicans living in the new territories moved to Mexico

Where would a history student most likely find this image?

• In a biography of early Spanish explorers

• In a museum exhibit about the Civil War

• In an academic presentation about Manifest Destiny

• In a textbook about European Exploration