Explorers Test

Which answer choice best completes this chart?

• Wichita (South Eastern)
• Karankawas (Gulf)
• Tiguas (Pueblo)
• Comanche (Plains)

Why is the year 1519 important?

• Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca became the first European to step foot in Texas
• Spanish explorer Coronado began his search for the seven cities of gold
• Spanish explorer Pineda mapped the Texas coastline
• Spanish explorer Columbus discovered the Americas

This explorer went out in search of the seven cities of gold-

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• Pineda
• Cortes

Conquered the Aztec Empire and claimed the land for Spain-

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• Pineda
• Cortes

Mapped the Gulf of Mexico, but never set foot in Texas-

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• Pineda
• Cortes

Columbus was the first European explorer to discover and set foot in America-

• True
• False

What is the importance of Cabeza de Vaca?

• The journals he wrote talked about the lives and culture of the Natives
• He conquered the Aztec empire and claimed the land for Spain
• He was the first European to see the Texas Great Plains
• He drew a map of the Texas coast in 1519

During his search for the Seven Cities of Gold, Coronado-

• He drew a map of the Texas coast in 1519
• Helped conquer the Aztec empire
• Was able to map the Gulf of Mexico
• Became the first European to see the Texas Great Plains

Went West in search of a shorter trade route to India, but instead discovered the Americas-

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Cortes
• Pineda
• Columbus

In search of the Cibola, the seven cities of gold, Coronado instead discovered adobe pueblos-

• True
• False