WorksheetsChapter 5 Early Explorers of Texas
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias sailed along the west coast of Africa and past the southern tip of the continent, causing Europeans to see the possibility of traveling to India and East Asia by sea.
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The Spanish named the area in the Rio Grande Valley between two mountain ranges Santa Fe.
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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado organized expeditions to search for gold and to find the places described by Cabeza de Vaca.
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Spanish explorers in Texas spread diseases that killed many Native Americans.
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Juan de Oñate founded Fort St. Louis on Matagorda Bay.
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He led a Spanish expedition to settle the upper Rio Grande Valley.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Juan de Oñate
Stories of his travels from Malhado to Culiacán inspired expeditions searching for gold.
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Juan de Oñate
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
He founded Fort St. Louis on Matagorda Bay.
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Juan de Oñate
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
He reported to the Spanish king that the region of Texas contained good farming soil, but no gold
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Juan de Oñate
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
He mapped the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to Mexico in 1519.
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Juan de Oñate
What was the importance of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda’s exploration of the Texas coast in 1519?
His exploration included the first group of Europeans to enter what is now Texas.
B. His journey inspired conquistadores to explore what is now Texas.
He was the first European to explore and map what is now the Texas coastline
He led explorers to an island near present-day Galveston.
Which of the following is the best definition for viceroy?
leader of expeditions who claimed land areas for Spain
official who ruled in the name of the king of Spain over a large territory or colony
soldier-explorer who helped to conquer large territories for Spain
head of a Roman Catholic mission who converted Native Americans to Catholicism
What Native American group helped the Spanish expedition stranded on Malhado, but opposed the French settlement at Fort St. Louis?
Zuni
Wichita
Karankawa
Pawnee
What was the goal of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, when he returned from France?
to begin a colony in Louisiana at the mouth of the Mississippi River
to explore the Mississippi River Valley
to challenge Spain by building a fort in Spanish territory
to get supplies from French settlements on the Great Lakes
Why was Fort St. Louis a threat to Spain?
It was the center of French and Native American operations against Spain in the Americas.
It was a French fort within territory that Spain believed was part of New Spain
It was a very effective military outpost for France
It was the capital of a new French colony near New Spain
