Age of Contact Quiz One

What was the “Reconquista”?

• Reconquest of Jerusalem

• Reconquest of Portugal

• Reconquest of Spain

• Conquest of Africa

How long did the “Reconquista” last and who were the major players in this drawn out historical event?

When did Christopher Columbus sail west across the Atlantic Ocean?

• 1776

• 1492

• 1950

• 1519

What country sponsored Columbus’s voyage?

• Spain

• Portugal

• Netherlands

• Finland

What did Columbus discover?

• North and South America

• A new trade route to Asia

• South Africa

• Canada

Who mapped the coastline of Texas?

• Pineda

• Columbus

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Montezuma

What specific place were the conquistadors trying to find?

• Mexico City

• Cibola

• El Paso

• Timbuktu

What native group did Cortez find and eventually conquer?

• Comanches

• Incas

• Aztecs

• Karankawas

When Coronado was searching for Cibola what did he find?

• Desert

• New Spain

• Gold

• Rich farm land

What was the “shortcut” that France was looking for in North America?

• Cibola Passage

• Panama Canal

• Mississippi River

• Northwest Passage