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WorksheetsUnit 3: Exploration and Colonization
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year did Alvarez de Pineda explore the Texas coastline?
a)
1519
b)
1528
c)
1541
d)
1542
2.
What contribution did Alvarez de Pineda make for Spanish exploration?
a)
mapped the Texas coast
b)
defeated the Aztec
c)
settled Mexico City
d)
explored New Mexico
3.
The main goal of French settlers in Texas was to
a)
impose French culture on the Native Texans
b)
establish trade networks with the Native Texans
c)
convert the Native Texans to Catholicism
d)
eradicate all traces of the Native Texan customs
4.
What area of the new world was Cabeza de Vaca originally set to explore before his shipwreck?
a)
Between Florida and Mexico
b)
Texas
c)
Mexico's coastline
d)
Caribbean islands
5.
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?
a)
Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
b)
American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
c)
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
d)
Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.
6.
Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?
a)
Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle
b)
Hernando Cortés
c)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
7.
Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the Americas?
a)
Desire to find gold
b)
Desire to spread democracy
c)
Desire to leave overcrowded cities
d)
Desire to escape government monarchies
8.
God, Gold, and Glory -
a)
Reasons for exploration and colonization
b)
Reasons for spreading democracy
c)
Reasons for staying in your own country
d)
Reasons for escaping government
9.
Which sequence of events is in correct chronological order?
a)
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- Pineda maps Texas
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
- Pineda maps Texas
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
b)
- Pineda maps Texas
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
c)
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- Pineda maps Texas
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- Pineda maps Texas
d)
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- La Salled establishes Fort St. Louis
- Pineda maps Texas
- La Salled establishes Fort St. Louis
- Pineda maps Texas
10.
Which country was France's enemy during La Salle's time?
a)
Spain
b)
Germany
c)
United States
d)
Great Britain
11.
What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?
a)
Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.
b)
Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.
c)
Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.
d)
Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.
12.
Coronado when in search of golden cities. He said that Texas’s soil would be good for farming but found _____.
a)
NO gold
b)
cities of gold
c)
barrels of oil
d)
pounds of diamonds
13.
What was the name of La Salle's French fort in Texas?
a)
St. Louis
b)
St. Detroit
c)
St. Pitt
d)
Fort Worth
14.
A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas.
a)
conquistador
b)
missionary
c)
friar
d)
viceroy
15.
Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked in Texas. He walked across Texas to return to New Spain. He wrote a book describing Texas which passed on tales he had heard about _____. He inspired other conquistadors to explore Texas.
a)
golden cities
b)
oil
c)
the fountain of youth
d)
salt mines
16.
Where did Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle land, although he was looking for the Mississippi river?
a)
Matagorda Bay
b)
San Antonio
c)
Los Adaes
d)
Austin
17.
What motivated Spanish explorers to want to travel to Texas?
a)
to learn Indian languages
b)
to study the local fish species
c)
to find gold
d)
to find new song ideas
18.
Which of the following was a NEGATIVE effect of the Spanish explorers in Texas?
a)
American Indians starved because buffalo were wiped out by the missionaries.
b)
fighting broke out among American Indians over trade with the missionaries
c)
American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries
d)
diseases brought by Spanish explorers killed many American Indians.
19.
Hernando de Soto’s expedition traveled across Texas and other parts of the Americas to—
a)
convert Native people to Islam
b)
find gold for Spain
c)
give land away to France
d)
build and operate more harmony workshops for multiple cultures
20.
Which of the following was NOT Spain's motive in the new world?
a)
To convert Native Americans to Catholicism
b)
To find Gold
c)
Create Missions to spread their religion
d)
To establish a fur trade
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