Early Explorers

This is a journey made for a special purpose.

• colony

• expedition

• slavery

• conquistador

Which explorer became the first to reach present-day Texas?

• Hernan Cortes

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Colombus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

in 1528, this Spanish explorer wrote about his experiences in a journal that historians used to discover his accomplishments.

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

What was the name of the slave Cabeza de Vaca found?

• Coronado

• Alonso

• Hernan

• Esteban

Which explorer returned to Spain to tell stories about the seven cities of gold he heard about form the American Indians?

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortes

In 1540, who gathered more that 300 Spaniards to set out and find the seven cities of gold?

• Francisco Coronado

• Alonso Alvarez

• Hernan Cortes

• Christopher Columbus

Which two explorers traveled with Franciscan missionaries that gave them spiritual help on the expeditions.

• Hernando de Soto

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Francisco Coronado

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Who never reached Texas, but led his expeditions through Florida all the way to the Mississippi River?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Coronado

• Hernando De Soto

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

This explorer led an expedition into present-day New Mexico in 1598.

• Luis de Moscoso

• Juan de Onate

• Francisco Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

In 1682, this French fur trader explored the Mississippi River all the way down to the Gulf Coast and claimed it for France.

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Coronado

• Rene-Rober Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca