Age of Contact Explorers 3.0 Quiz

In what year did Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca leave Spain for an expedition to Florida?

• 1527

• 1534

• 1542

• 1555

What was the main goal of Cabeza de Vaca's expedition to Florida?

• To find the Seven Cities of Gold and establish colonies

• To map the coastline

• To trade with Native Americans

• To find a new route to Asia

What was Cabeza de Vaca's reputation among the Native Americans after saving a native's life?

• A medicine man

• A warrior

• A trader

• A navigator

Cabeza de Vaca wrote La Relación y Comentarios about what?

• cities of gold such as Cibola he had heard from the Native Americans

• the travels of Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus and his relationship with the natives

• Mexican conquests of the Aztecs

What inspired Francisco Vázquez de Coronado to organize an expedition?

• Rumors of silver mines

• Stories of The Seven Cities of Gold such as Cibola and El Dorado

• A quest for spices

• A search for new lands

What did Coronado's expedition find instead of gold in the supposed site of Cibola?

• Silver mines

• Golden statues

• Puebloan cities made with adobe

• Rich farmland

What was the outcome of Coronado's expedition?

• He found great wealth

• He discovered new lands

• He declared there was no wealth north of Mexico

• He established a new colony

What was the fate of Coronado after his expedition?

• He became a wealthy man

• He was celebrated as a hero

• He was charged with war crimes and driven into bankruptcy

• He was appointed governor

Who was Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle?

• A Spanish explorer

• A French explorer

• An English explorer

• An Italian explorer

What was the fate of one of La Salle's ships during its journey?

• It was captured by pirates

• It was lost in a storm

• It made its way back to France

• It successfully navigated to the Mississippi River