Social Studies Quiz Unit 4 - 4th grade

Coronado and other Spanish explorers were motivated to lead expeditions to North America because of the stories they heard about –

• Seven cities of gold

• A giant sea monster

• Horses that could fly

• An immortal native tribe

European explorers of North America were strongly motivated by -

• The quest to find a new political capital for Spain

• A need to find the mouth of the Mississippi River

• The desire to spread the practice of enslaving people

• An intense competition between nations to claim land

Which European explorer is described as the first to explore the Palo Duro Canyon, travel across North Texas, and explore land from Texas to central North America?

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

• José de Escondón

Which of the following is one way Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca affected the settlement of Texas?

• By exploring and mapping Texas

• By starting the towns of Dallas and Houston

• By rebelling against Spanish rule

• By leading colonists up the Colorado River

As a result of René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle's accomplishments, Spanish leaders began to

• Build Spanish forts along the Texas coast

• Send aid to colonists that were abandoned

• Worry about the French making claims to Texas

• Form alliances with American Indian tribes in Texas

Which Spanish explorer is famous for having founded the towns of Laredo, Dolores, Revilla, Mier, Camargo, Rio Grande City, and Reynosa?

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Coronado

• José de Escondón

• Cabeza de Vaca

A system of missions established by the Catholic Church was intended to

• Provide housing for explorers

• Relocate convicts to the region

• Assist in business development

• Convert natives to Christianity

What accounts for the settlement pattern evident in the maps of Texas regions?

• Missions were concentrated in the coastal region

• Missions were close to Mexico and near waterways

• Missions were displacing many American Indian villages

• Missions were established where towns already existed

What evidence in the picture supports the claim that the people living in this mission had to overcome a lack of rainfall?

• They irrigated crops with water from the river

• They planted drought resistant crops and trees

• They separated the livestock into fenced-in areas

• They dug a well inside the mission to access water

How did the building of missions in Texas lead to environmental changes?

• Forests were destroyed in order to build missions

• Rivers near missions suffered the effects of pollution

• Natural resources were used to construct the missions

• Gold was mined in mountains located near the missions