Age of Contact

Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked and stranded but still able to...

• Write stories about Texas.

• Create maps of Texas.

• Find gold in Texas.

Diseases weakened the Native Americans and Spanish had more powerful weapons such as guns.

Both of these are reason for what major event?

• La Salle established Fort St. Louis

• Cortes easily defeated the Aztecs

• Coronado found Cibola

How did the Spanish interact with the natives in Texas?

• Taught them farming

• Treated them like enemies

• Traded fairly for resources

Why is the year 1519 important in Texas history?

• Alvarez de Pineda charted the Texas Coast.

• Cabeza de Vaca wrote "La Relacion", a book about his time in Texas.

• Cortes found gold in Texas.

What event started the Age of Contact?

• Cortes met the Aztecs

• Columbus sailed to the New World

• Coronado searched for the Seven Cities of Cibola

Gold, God & Glory were the reasons for what?

• Spanish Exploration

• British Exploration

• Mexican Exploration

Who explored the Texas Panhandle, discovered Palo Duro Canyon, and failed to find Cibola?

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernán Cortés

What was Cibola?

• The founder of San Antonio.

• A legend of seven cities made of gold.

• The disease that killed La Salle.

Why is the 1519 map drawn by the Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda important?

• It led to the establishment of the French settlement of St. Louis in Louisiana.

• It led to further Spanish exploration of Texas.

• It led to the discovery of the Americas in 1492.

What was the name of the Spanish empire in the Americas started by Hernan Cortes?

• Tenochtitlán

• Texas

• New Spain