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?

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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