Texas History Games I

A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought riches and power for himself and wealth and glory for Spain in the conquest of the Americas was called a _____.

• commando

• conquistador

• missionary

• settler

Spanish priests and nuns began religious settlements called ______ in New Spain.

• chapels

• synagogues

• missions

• mosques

_____ was the first European to explore the Texas coast.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

The Age of Contact began with the arrival of _____ in what is now Texas and lasted until 1690, when Spain made its first colonies in the area.

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

_____ set up several missions in what is now New Mexico and founded the city of Santa Fe.

• Luis de Moscoso

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

After the death of the expedition's leader, _____ took command of the group and attempted to reach New Spain overland.

• Luis de Moscoso

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

An expedition led by _____ became the first group of Europeans to reach the Mississippi.

• Luis de Moscoso

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

In 1540 Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza sent _____ to investigate stories about mysterious, wealthy lands in the north.

• Luis de Moscoso

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

• Hernando de Soto

To _____ means to find a way to pass over or along a body of water.

• expedite

• navigate

• negotiate

• survey

The first French explorer to enter what is now Texas was _____.

• René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle

• Le Joly La Bellé

• Louis Joliet

• Pierre San-Louis