Exploration and Adventure, 1519-1689

Cabeza de Vaca and the other castaway survivors of the ill-fated Narvaez expedition probably landed in Texas at ______________.

• San Luis Near Galveston

• Padre Island , Near Corpus Christi

• Key West, Near Havanah

• Brownsville , Near the mouth of the Rio Grande

___________ commanded at 1540s Spanish military expedition that crossed Texas in search of Cibola and further riches among then unexplored regions north of Mexico.

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Coronado

• De Soto

• Gonzales

By the 1650s, Spanish settlement in Texas limited to the upper Rio Grande river settlements near ____________.

• Galveston

• Nachadoches

• El Paso

• San Antonio

After traveling down the Mississippi River to the coast of modern Louisiana, ____________ returned to the coast on a French expedition of exploration and colony founding in the 1680s.

• De Vaca

• La Salle

• Coronado

• Cortez

A 1689 expedition led by the governor of Coahuila _____________ aspired to locate and expel the French colony as well as establish missionary contact with coastal and east Texan Indians.

• Alonso De Leon

• Antonio Lopez De Santa Ana

• Arnoldo De Leon

• Felix Almaraz

Hernando De Soto's 1541 Expedition Sought to establish Spanish authority and colonies in ________________

• Texas

• California

• Florida

• Mexico

Introduction of what animal by the Spanish revolutionized the lives of Native Americans?

• Pigs

• Chickens

• Cattle

• Horses

Where did French Explorer La Salle Establish an outpost in Texas

• Garcitas Creek

• Bolivar peninsula

• Galveston Bay

• Near the mouth of the Trinity River

Mission San Francisco de los Tejas was built in 1690 in what part of Texas?

• San Antonio

• El Paso

• East Texas

• Mission Bend

Which of the following were ways the Spanish sought to increase their control over Texas

• Build Missions

• Build Towns

• Build Presidios

• All are correct