"A Treasure Hunt" Reading Quiz

Which areas did the conquistadors explore?

• Coast of California

• Mexico, Florida, and the Caribbean islands

• Gulf of Mexico and South America

• All of these

Who told the legend of the Seven Cities of Cíbola?

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernán Cortés

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Christopher Columbus

In what year did Coronado send a group to find the Seven Cities of Cíbola?

• 1520

• 1539

• 1545

• 1552

What did Estevan see that made him think he found Cíbola?

• A city made of gold

• A Native American town with golden walls

• A large river

• A mountain of silver

What were the villages made of that Coronado's expedition found?

• Stone and marble

• Wood and straw

• Mud and clay

• Gold and silver

The conquistadors were from __________.

• Spain

• Florida

• California

• Mexico

In __________, Coronado led an expedition back to the village that Fray Marcos and Estevan discovered.

• 1540

• 1492

• 1776

• 1865

Soldiers from Coronado’s expedition found __________.

• the Mississippi River

• Mount Rushmore

• the Grand Canyon

• Niagara Falls

According to the map, what are two present-day states that Coronado traveled through?

• Texas and New Mexico

• California and Nevada

• Arizona and Utah

• Florida and Georgia

On this map, the country of SPAIN is which color?

• Green

• Blue

• Orange

• Red