Unit 3: Age of Exploration (Texas)

Match the following achievements to the Explorer

• Rene Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle

• Claimed the lands along the Mississippi river for France
  Established Fort St. Louis

• Alonzo Alvarez Pineda

• Hoped to find the City of Gold, but instead found cities of Adobe and Brick

• Francisco Vazquez De Coronado

• Shipwreck searching for El Dorado, Wrote stories about his travels through Texas

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Mapped the Gulf Coast

What motivated Spain to Explore Texas?

• Silver

• Gold

• Land

• Gold

Which Mission had to move because of Indian Attacks?

• The Alamo

• San Francisco

• Corpus Christi De la Isleta

• La Bahia

This mission was founded in 1718- Aka San Antonio de Valero.....

• La Bahia

• San Francisco De Los Tejas

• The Alamo

• Corpus Christi de La Isleta

Missions and Presidios were built near_________.

• Large Cities

• Native Tribes

• The Ocean

• Rivers

What Country was Texas apart of During the 18th Century?

• Spain

• France

• Mexico

• United States

Match the following events with the year it occurred?

• 1540

• The Alamo Was Built

• 1519

• Coronado Began to Explore Texas

• 1528

• Pineda Mapped the Coast of Texas

• 1718

• Cabeza de Vaca Landed In Texas

What is the name of this Era?

• Natural Texas and It's People

• Colonial Era

• Mexican Exploration

• Age of Contact and Spanish Colonial

Who brought deadly diseases to the Native Americans?

• Spanish Missionaries

• Livestock brought by the Spanish

• Dirty River Water

• Mosquitos

Which of the following is ONE reason why the Missions Failed?

• Native American Burned every mission

• The Spanish Feared the Natives

• Many Native Americans did NOT want to change their ways

• The Spanish thought that Texas was to hot and moved to Louisiana