Age of Contact & Spanish Colonial Eras Review

This friar built the first mission in East Texas.

• Francisco Hidalgo
• Jose de Escandon
• Damian Massanet
• Antonio Margil de Jesus

Which combination of explorers never actually explored Texas?

• Pineda and Coronado

• Columbus and Cortez

• Cortez and La Salle

• Columbus and Pineda

This friar got Spain to build more missions by secretly encouraging France to occupy East Texas.

• Francisco Hidalgo
• Jose de Escandon
• Damian Massanet
• Antonio Margil de Jesus

La Salle was a Spanish explorer who established Fort St. Louis. (1685-1687)

• True

• False

Which explorer was trying to take control of the Mississippi river?

• Pineda

• Coronado

• La Salle

• Cabeza De Vaca

Which Explorer went looking for the "cities of gold" but found only simple adobe brick houses?

• Cabeza De Vaca
• Coronado
• Pineda
• La Salle

Which explorer sailed under the French flag?

• La Salle

• Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Columbus

Where did Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca get shipwrecked in and captured by the Karankawas?

• Grapevine

• Spain

• Florida

• Galveston

Which explorer mapped the coast of Texas from the Gulf of Mexico claiming Texas for Spain?

• Coronado
• Pineda
• Cabeza De Vaca
• La Salle

Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?

• Columbus

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Coronado

• Cortez