WorksheetsEarly Explorers of Texas
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
What source tells you about an event that is from that time?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
What is a source that tells about an event but it is from a time after the event?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Check the correct items that would be considered a primary source.
Speeches
Textbooks
Diaries
Photographs
Magazines
Cabeza De Vaca was shipwrecked and (a) by the Native Americans.
La Salle was a _______________ explorer
Spanish
French
* Spread of the Catholic Religion * Great Wealth * Power
What are these items referring to?
Reasons the Indians were so aggressive.
Cultural problems in the Spanish homeland.
Reasons for Spanish exploration.
The reasons for the war for Independence
Who was shipped wrecked and captured by the Native Americans
Coronado
La Salle
Cabeza De Vaca
Cortez
What does EXPLORATION mean?
A journey taken by a group of people.
A Spanish Explorer
A person who travels in search of new resources, build an empire or spread a religion.
Travel undertaken to discover new resources
Of the following, which is Pineda known for?
Conquered the Aztec
Search for new resources
Mapped the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico in 1519
Search 7 cities for Gold
Who conquered the Aztec empire?
La Salle
Pineda
Cortez
Coronado
Which explorer was a shaman (doctor), wrote a book and was a slave to the Native Americans?
Coronado
Cabeza De Vaca
La Salle
Pineda
Which explorer was all about the money (Think gOld cOins)
Coronado
La Salle
Cortez
De Vaca
Which French explorer built Fort Saint Louis om the coast of Texas for France?
La Salle
Coronado
De Vaca
Cortez
