WorksheetsEuropean Exploration 18-19
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Sailed the ocean blue in 1492!
a)
Hudson
b)
Balboa
c)
Columbus
d)
Cortez
2.
During the Age of Exploration, Europe looked for sea routes to the East in order to __________.
a)
find a faster trade route to Asia
b)
spread Christianity
c)
colonize new territories
d)
all of the above
3.
The Age of Exploration began in which country?
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
Europe
d)
Italy
4.
Cabeza de Vaca, Pineda, and Coronado were exploring for which country?
a)
France
b)
Mexico
c)
Spain
d)
Jamica
5.
Which explorer mapped the coast of Texas?
a)
Pineda
b)
Coronado
c)
La Salle
d)
Columbus
6.
Which French explorer established Fort St Louis, claimed Texas for France, and encouraged Spain to start settling in Texas?
a)
Pineda
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
La Salle
d)
Coronado
7.
Which explorer traveled through the panhandle of Texas?
a)
Pineda
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Coronado
d)
La Salle
8.
Which explorer traveled from Florida, to Galveston, to Mexico?
a)
Pineda
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Coronado
d)
La Salle
9.
Which explorer only explored the easternmost part of Texas?
a)
Pineda
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Coronado
d)
La Salle
10.
Cabeza de Vaca's shipwreck in Texas resulted in
a)
The founding of the Mississippi River
b)
The destruction of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan
c)
The immediate building of missions
d)
Europeans spending a long period of time in Texas
11.
Hernando Cortes is known for:
a)
Crash landing in Florida
b)
Defeating the Aztecs in 1519
c)
Mapping the coast of Texas
d)
Finding the seven cities of gold
12.
What is the Spanish word for conqueror?
a)
technology
b)
conquistador
c)
settlement
d)
circumnavigate
13.
What concerns did Native Americans have about living in a mission?
a)
They did not want to give up their own traditions and culture.
b)
They were concerned about the number of diseases causing death.
c)
They tried to avoid living in the missions to prevent getting sick.
d)
All of the above
14.
Spanish soldiers who sought wealth and glory?
a)
Real estate agents
b)
Zoro
c)
Conquistadors
d)
Friars
15.
The 7 cities that were rich in gold, silver, and gems was........
a)
Cibola
b)
Vera Cruz
c)
Diamond City
d)
Austin
16.
Who was part of the expedition that shipwrecked in Galveston and was saved by the Karankawas?
a)
Cabeza de gato
b)
Cabeza de pollo
c)
Cabeza de vaca
d)
Cabeza de mesa
17.
Men of the Catholic Church who came to the New World to spread christianity were called.......
a)
Frankenstein
b)
Friars
c)
Conquistadors
d)
French men
18.
Cabeza de Vaca and Estavanico lived among the Karankawas for many years because. . .
a)
They captured and tortured anyone that disobeyed their orders.
b)
They enslaved the Karankawas and forced them to search for gold.
c)
They were traitors to the Spanish crown.
d)
The Karankawas thought they were Shaman that heald people.
19.
What motivated the Spanish to keep exploring Texas?
a)
They loved laying on the pristine beaches of Texas.
b)
They were searching for the 7 cities of Gold
c)
They wanted to be known as Shaman.
d)
They heard it was a great place to visit.
20.
How did Spain respond after the French established a colony at Fort St. Louis?
a)
They returned and built missions.
b)
They declared war on France.
c)
They took over the mouth of the Mississippi River.
d)
They conquered the Axtecs and built Mexico City.
21.
What two physical landforms did Coronado see while on his expedition?
a)
Palo Duro Canyon and the Grand Canyon
b)
Santa Fe and Amarillo
c)
Mountains and Basins
d)
the "Seas of Grass"
22.
Name the Explorer that conquer the Aztecs?
a)
Cortez
b)
Coronado
c)
Nina
d)
Corey
23.
How did diseases impact the New World?
a)
They didn't
b)
They wiped out 75-90% of the Europeans
c)
They wiped out 75-90% of the indigenous people
d)
They helped the natives beat the Spanish
24.
Spanish name for colony (like New Spain)
a)
viceroyalty
b)
mercantilism
c)
colonization
d)
viceroy
25.
A person who rules a country as a representative of his king and is empowered to act in the king's name.
a)
viceroy
b)
revolution
c)
revolution
d)
frontier
26.
A community set up to teach and spread a religion
a)
expedition
b)
viceroy
c)
mission
d)
alliance
27.
to settle and establish political control over an area
a)
colonize
b)
convert
c)
alliance
d)
council
28.
He sets up Fort St. Louis, a colony in East Texas, and claims Texas for France. He is killed by his own men
a)
Cortez
b)
Panfilo de Narvaez
c)
Columbus
d)
La Salle
29.
Destroys his own ships to keep his men from retreating and then destroys the powerful Moctezuma II and steals his gold, silver and jewels in 1519 for Spain. He also settles the first Spanish settlement in North America, Vera Cruz.
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Pineda
c)
Narvaez
d)
Cortez
30.
A Spanish military fort
a)
Council
b)
Presidio
c)
Province
d)
Alcalde
31.
Priest at the mission San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. Tried to work with French priests in East Texas.
a)
Friar Ralph
b)
Priest Cabeza
c)
Father Francisco Hidalgo
d)
Pineda
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