Age of Contact/Colonial Era Review Quiz

1.) You are a missionary in Texas. What is your main goal?

• Teach Native tribes about new ways of living

• Spread Judaism to Native Americans

• Spread Christianity to Native Americans

• Tell Native Americans about far-away lands

2.) Cabeza de Vaca traveled through Texas. He wrote about lands rich in copper and emeralds.

Which of the following would be effect(s) of what he wrote? Select only the best two.

• Catholic priests established missions to convert Native Americans

• Native tribes formed confederacies to defend their land in the plains

• Coronado led an unsuccessful expedition to search for gold.

• Christopher Columbus left Europe to search for new lands.

• Spanish explorers searched Texas to find wealth.

3.) Which group likely viewed the construction of new Spanish missions with suspicion?

• Anglo Settlers

• American Indian tribes

• Catholic priests

• Conquistadors

4.) How did Spanish culture influence modern Texas? Select all that apply.

• Women in politics still influence women today.

• Child labor practices that are used today.

• Spanish missions are still used today.

• Cattle ranching used today comes from the Spanish

• Spanish food influence modern Southwestern food.

5.) What do Fray Damian Massanet, Fr. Hidalgo, and Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesus have in common?

• They were explorers who brought disease.

• They were Spanish leaders who brought warfare.

• They were explorers who brought French culture to Texas.

• They were missionaries that brought Christianity to Texas Natives.

6.) Which of the following is most blamed for bringing diseases to Texas?

• A.) missionaries

• B.) Aztecs

• C.) Native Texans

• D.) buffalo

7.) If you were searching the archives of Texas history, in which era would you find Alonso Alvarez de Pineda and Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?

• Revolutionary Era

• Mexican National Era

• Age of Contact

• Contemporary Era

8.) Territorial fights over the land that became known as Texas erupted between what two countries during the colonization years?

• France and Spain

• France and Luxembourg

• England and Spain

• Spain and the Netherlands

9.) Hernando De Soto's expedition went across Texas to do which of the following?

• Convert Native Americans to Judaism

• Colonize South America

• Get land from the future US

• Find gold for Spain

The establishment of missions and presidios by Spanish leaders are a characteristic of which era in Texas history?

• Natural Texas and its People

• Contemporary Era

• Colonial Era

• Revolutionary Era