Checkpoint 2 Review Part 2

Read the list and answer the question that follows. Which of the following explorers does this list BEST describe?

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

• Hernan Cortez

The map shows North America's Gulf Coast in the early 1500s. Which of the following Spanish explorers MOST LIKELY is responsible for creating this map?

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortez

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

He landed in Matagorda Bay on the Texas Coast and established Fort St. Louis in 1685.

• Juan de Oñate

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Luis de Moscoso

• Sieur de la Salle

On October 12, 1492 he landed in San Salvador; his discovery resulted in further Spanish exploration of the New World.

• Juan de Oñate

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

Went in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola; searched for Quivira in the Texas Panhandle.

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso

• Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

Reached the Rio Grande and settled in an area known as El Paso del Norte; claimed area for Spain.

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso

• Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

Explored East Texas and met the Caddo Indians.

• Juan de Oñate

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Luis de Moscoso

• Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca

Spain had little interest in Texas after

• The Apache killed many Spaniards in raids

• The Columbian Exchange was ended

• Queen Isabella died

• Several explorers had failed to find gold or other treasure there

The map shows some Native American tribes in Texas. Which tribe is BEST described by this list?

• Kiowa

• Caddo

• Jumano

• Comanche

The main reason for the loss of lives described in the excerpt is that American Indians–

• Were shipped to Europe as slaves

• Experienced a series of famines

• Exhausted their supplies of natural resources

• Were not immune to European diseases