Early Explorers Lesson 1

Who is credited with discovering the 'New World' for Spain?

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernán Cortés

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

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Remembering

In what year did Hernán Cortés land in Mexico?

• 1519

• 1492

• 1535

• 1527

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Remembering

The Spanish explorers claimed land and resources for which country?

• Spain

• Portugal

• Italy

• France

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Understanding

What was the primary goal of the Spanish conquistadores?

• To gain wealth and glory for themselves and Spain

• To establish trade routes to Asia

• To convert Native Americans to Catholicism

• To map the coastline of the Americas

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Understanding

The Spanish built _______ as religious settlements in the Americas.

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Understanding

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was part of an expedition led by which conquistador?

• Pánfilo de Narváez

• Hernán Cortés

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

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Analyzing

Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (a)   the Texas​ (b)   in​ (c)  

• mapped
• coastline
• drew
• plains
• graphed
• 1527
• 1572
• 1514
• 1540

Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas began the era called the Age of _______.

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Analyzing

What tribe did Cabeza De Vaca meet after the shipwreck

Which of these is not a Spanish Explorer

• Cabeza De Vaca

• Alonso Álvarez de Pineda

• Hernan Cortez

• Juan Locke