Texas Age of Contact/Colonization Review Unit 3

What year did Pineda map the coastline of Texas?

• 1519

• 1492

• 1800

Natural Texas and it's people

• Era in history characterized by Spanish Missions

• Era In history characterized by cultures of the American Indian tribes prior to the arrival of Europeans

• Era in history characterized by Mexican Nationals

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca wrote a book about his exploration of what lands in North America?

• Florida

• Northern Mexico and New Mexico

• present day South and West Texas and Northern Mexico

Age of CONTACT took place in the ......

• 1700s

• 1600s

• 1500s

Age of CONTACT in Texas History

• Anglos and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas

• Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas

• American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers

Missionaries that brought Catholicism (Christianity) to Texas:

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

  Hernan Cortez

• Fray Damian Massanet

  Antonio Margil de Jesus

  Francisco Hidalgo

• Christopher Columbus

  Alfonzo Pineda

Which group would have been suspicious of the construction of Spanish Missions in Texas?

• American Indian tribes

• Catholic priests

• Anglo settlers

Missions in Texas were.......

• Made from metal and glass brought in from Spain

• Made from the strongest stone from Italy

• Made from the natural resources found in the area

What would be a Spanish priest's main goal in the Spanish missions?

• Spread Spanish culture to Native Indians

• spread disease to Native Indians

• to spread the Catholic (Christianity) Religion

The Seven Cities of Cibola (Cities of Gold)

• Motivated Spanish Explorers who believed that two of the cities had already been found

• Motivated Spanish Explorers to start looking for more gold

• Motivated Spanish Explorers to look for the Fountain of Youth