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Texas History Era 2

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did Cabeza de Vaca's book, Relacion NOT include?

a)

land

b)

people

c)

gold (Seven Cities of Cibola)

d)

animals

e)

weather

2.

Who mapped the Texas coast?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Coronado

c)

Moscoso

d)

La Salle

e)

de Pineda

3.

What Columbus wanted to do...

a)

Find a western route to Asia

b)

Map Antarctica

c)

Find the Seven Cities of Cibola

4.

What Coronado was searching for...

a)

Native American tribes

b)

The Seven Cities of Cibola (gold)

c)

Asia

d)

The mouth of the Mississippi

5.

What La Salle was looking for...

a)

Texas

b)

The Seven Cities of Cibola (gold)

c)

Native American tribes

d)

The mouth of the Mississippi

6.

A Shaman is a...

a)

leader of a tribe

b)

a healer

c)

an object that is sacrificed to the gods

d)

a scarf

7.

Reconquista

a)

Spanish explorers

b)

People who train to become explorers

c)

Spain's effort to regain its land from the Moors

8.

A journey made for a special purpose

a)

Expedition

b)

Exploration

c)

Conquistador

d)

Reconquista

9.

Which explorer explored East Texas?

a)

de Pineda

b)

Moscoso

c)

La Salle

d)

Coronado

e)

Cabeza de Vaca

10.

Which explorer explored the Texas Panhandle?

a)

de Pineda

b)

Coronado

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

La Salle

e)

Moscoso

11.

Which explorer sailed along the Texas coast to Matagorda Bay?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Cornado

c)

de Pineda

d)

La Salle

e)

Moscoso

12.

Which explorer explored Texas from Galveston Island, across the Great Plains, and into the Mountains and Basins.

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Coronado

c)

de Pineda

d)

Moscoso

e)

La Salle

13.

When did Europeans explore Texas

a)

from 1400-1500

b)

from 1500-1600

c)

from 1600-1700

d)

never, it was the Russians

14.

Three G's of Spanish exploration

a)

Goods

b)

Gold

c)

God

d)

Genie

e)

Glory

15.

Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Native Americans?

a)

They were small people.

b)

The Native Americans had no weapons.

c)

They had no immunity to European diseases.

16.

Why did Spain lose interest in Texas?

a)

The Natives were not friendly.

b)

There was no gold.

c)

They found new land.

17.

French explorer La Salle's Fort St. Louis...

a)

Convinced the Spanish to give up.

b)

was the reason why Spanish increased their efforts to colonize Texas.

c)

Is still here to this day.

d)

Was located in West Texas

18.

What Mexico was once called.

a)

New Mexico

b)

Viceroy of New Spain

c)

Viceroyalty of New Spain

d)

None of the above

19.

The land that drained into the Mississippi River.

a)

Spain

b)

California

c)

Louisiana

d)

New York

20.

One lasting effect of Spanish exploration in Texas: Many of Texas's rivers were named.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

Another name for the "Age of Contact"

a)

1492

b)

European exploration

c)

conquistadors

d)

French Revolution

22.

"I", "we", and "our" are the words to look for in a secondary source

a)

true (yes, these are found in secondary sources)

b)

false (no, these are found in primary sources)

23.

How Europeans came to Texas.

a)

Europeans search for sea routes to Asia (1)

b)

Spanish come to the Americas (2)

c)

Spanish conquistadors explore Texas. (3)

d)

Christopher Columbus finds the Americas (1)

e)

French come to the Americas (2)