Wk 9 Art 6 Juan de Oñate ET

Who was Juan de Oñate?

• A Spanish explorer who led an expedition to New Mexico

• A local American Indian chief

• A Spanish king

• A missionary

In what year did Juan de Oñate set out with settlers to what is now New Mexico?

• 1598

• 1620

• 1540

• 1610

What did Oñate demand from the American Indian tribes in the region?

• Loyalty and taxes in the form of goods and food

• Silver and gold

• Horses and cattle

• Land for farming

True or False: The Acoma tribe peacefully accepted Oñate's demands.

• True

• False

What was the outcome of Oñate's search for silver in New Mexico?

• He never found the silver he expected to find.

• He discovered vast amounts of gold instead.

• He established a successful silver mine.

• He was forced to abandon his search due to hostile natives.

Why was Juan de Oñate forced to leave New Mexico?

• He was forced to leave because of his brutal treatment of the Acoma tribe, which broke Spanish laws regarding the treatment of American Indians.

• He was forced to leave because he failed to find gold in New Mexico.

• He was forced to leave due to a severe drought that made settlement impossible.

• He was forced to leave because he lost a battle to the Pueblo people.

What does the inscription on Inscription Rock say, according to the English translation provided in the image?

• Passed by here the Governor Don Juan de Oñate from the discovery of the Sea of the South on the 26th of April 1605

• Here lies the great explorer Hernando de Soto, 1542

• This land was claimed for Spain by Francisco Coronado, 1540

• The expedition of Cabeza de Vaca ended here in 1536

What is shown in the photograph labeled 'Mission and church at Acoma, c1905 — Curtis, Edward S., photographer'?

• A mission and church at Acoma, photographed around 1905 by Edward S. Curtis.

• A modern cityscape in New York, photographed in 2005 by Annie Leibovitz.

• A Native American powwow in Oklahoma, photographed in 1920 by Dorothea Lange.

• A Spanish mission in California, photographed in 1880 by Mathew Brady.