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WorksheetsAGE OF CONTACT QUIZ
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What are the 3 motivations for exploration? (The 3G's)
Grants, Gold, Gifts
God, Gold, and Glory
Gone, Gold, Glory
God, Goats, Glory
The main thing that happens during the Age of Contact is....
Europeans Explore the New World
Medical Discoveries
The 100 Years War
What is a Conquistador?
Diety
Religious Leader
Soldier and Adventurer
Messenger
Who accidentally sailed to the Americas in 1492?
Columbus
Magellan
Cortes
Pineda
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Moctezuma II
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Cortes
Who created the first map of Texas in 1519?
Pineda
Cortes
Who was the first European to set foot on Texas soil. His journal is one of our first records of Texas' geography. (He was also captured by the Karankawa)
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
Who searched for cities of Gold after hearing info from Cabeza de Vaca's travels through Texas?
De Niza and Estevanico
Coronado and Estevanico
What was Coronado searching for?
New People to convert to Catholicism
Gold/Cities of Gold
Why did Spain lose interest in Texas for 80 years?
Lack of LAND
Lack of TREASURE
Exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas from the New World to the Old World and from the Old World to the New World.
Travelers Exchange
Columbian Exchange
What animal did the Spanish bring to the new world?
Buffalo
Mustangs
What was the French Explorer's name who set up a fort in Texas?
La Belle
La Salle
The French Explorer claimed all of the land drained by which river?
Rio Grande
Mississippi
What did LaSalle name the land he claimed?
Louisienne
Louisiana
Was Fort St Louis a success or a failure?
Success
Failure
What was one of the main effects of French Exploration in Texas?
It ruined the Spanish
It challenged the Spanish claim in Texas
