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WorksheetsTexas History Era 2
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
What did Cabeza de Vaca's book, Relacion NOT include?
land
people
gold (Seven Cities of Cibola)
animals
weather
Who mapped the Texas coast?
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Moscoso
La Salle
de Pineda
What Columbus wanted to do...
Find a western route to Asia
Map Antarctica
Find the Seven Cities of Cibola
What Coronado was searching for...
Native American tribes
The Seven Cities of Cibola (gold)
Asia
The mouth of the Mississippi
What La Salle was looking for...
Texas
The Seven Cities of Cibola (gold)
Native American tribes
The mouth of the Mississippi
A Shaman is a...
leader of a tribe
a healer
an object that is sacrificed to the gods
a scarf
Reconquista
Spanish explorers
People who train to become explorers
Spain's effort to regain its land from the Moors
A journey made for a special purpose
Expedition
Exploration
Conquistador
Reconquista
Which explorer explored East Texas?
de Pineda
Moscoso
La Salle
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Which explorer explored the Texas Panhandle?
de Pineda
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
La Salle
Moscoso
Which explorer sailed along the Texas coast to Matagorda Bay?
Cabeza de Vaca
Cornado
de Pineda
La Salle
Moscoso
Which explorer explored Texas from Galveston Island, across the Great Plains, and into the Mountains and Basins.
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
de Pineda
Moscoso
La Salle
When did Europeans explore Texas
from 1400-1500
from 1500-1600
from 1600-1700
never, it was the Russians
Three G's of Spanish exploration
Goods
Gold
God
Genie
Glory
Why were the Spanish able to conquer the Native Americans?
They were small people.
The Native Americans had no weapons.
They had no immunity to European diseases.
Why did Spain lose interest in Texas?
The Natives were not friendly.
There was no gold.
They found new land.
French explorer La Salle's Fort St. Louis...
Convinced the Spanish to give up.
was the reason why Spanish increased their efforts to colonize Texas.
Is still here to this day.
Was located in West Texas
What Mexico was once called.
New Mexico
Viceroy of New Spain
Viceroyalty of New Spain
None of the above
The land that drained into the Mississippi River.
Spain
California
Louisiana
New York
One lasting effect of Spanish exploration in Texas: Many of Texas's rivers were named.
true
false
Another name for the "Age of Contact"
1492
European exploration
conquistadors
French Revolution
"I", "we", and "our" are the words to look for in a secondary source
true (yes, these are found in secondary sources)
false (no, these are found in primary sources)
How Europeans came to Texas.
Europeans search for sea routes to Asia (1)
Spanish come to the Americas (2)
Spanish conquistadors explore Texas. (3)
Christopher Columbus finds the Americas (1)
French come to the Americas (2)
