Explorers Test Review

How was Cabeza de Vaca able to convince his Indian captors that he was in fact a powerful shaman?

• He accurately predicted the occurrence of a complete lunar eclipse.

• He was capable of producing gunpowder from household items.

• He wore a breastplate that magically repelled arrows and spears.

• He performed surgery by removing an arrowhead from a wounded man.

Which explorer was the first to reach the Americas from Europe?

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Columbus

• Coronado

• Cortés

At first, the Aztecs welcomed Cortés because they thought he was

• The god Quetzalcoatl.

• The King of Spain.

• A French explorer.

• A Pawnee chief.

Which Spanish leaders defeated the Aztecs and the Incas?

• Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado.

• Cortés and Pizzaro.

• De Soto and Moscoso.

• Cortés and Cabeza de Vaca.

La Salle mistakenly landed in Texas when he was seeking the

• Big Bend country.

• Mouth of the Mississippi River.

• Mouth of the Rio Grande.

• Northwest Passage.

The outpost built by La Salle in Texas was named

• Quebec.

• Fort. St. Louis.

• Mississippi.

• Northwest Passage.

In response to La Salle's activities in Texas, the Spanish

• Gave up their claims to Texas.

• Shifted their focus to Texas.

• Attacked the French settlers.

• Tried to sign a treaty with the French.

Cabeza de Vaca reached Texas as a result of

• The failed Narvaez expedition.

• The Cortés expedition.

• Coronado's expedition.

• Piñeda's expedition.

The Spanish explorers discovered that Cibola was actually a

• Zuni village.

• Desert.

• Group of mountains.

• Rich farmland region.

What happened to LaSalle's colony?

• It did not last.

• It defeated the Spanish at Matagorda Bay.

• It was moved to Louisiana.

• It flourished for many decades.