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Age of Contact/ Explorer Test

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main destination of Hernando de Soto?

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

7 Cities of Cibola

d)

Galveston

2.

What was the main destination of Francisco Pizzaro?

a)

Peru in Europe

b)

Peru in Asia

c)

Peru in South America

d)

Peru in North America

3.

What was the main destination of Francisco Vazquez de Coronado?

a)

Florida

b)

Tejas

c)

5 Cities of Cibola

d)

7 Cities of Cibola

4.

What was the main destination of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?

a)

Florida, but ended up in Galveston

b)

Florida, but ended up in Houston

c)

Florida, but ended up in Amarillo

d)

Florida, but ended up in San Antonio

5.

What was the main destination of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Gulf Coast of Mexico

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Artic ocean

6.

What was the main destination of Hernan Cortes?

a)

New World mainly Mexico and claimed it for France

b)

New World mainly Mexico and claimed it for Peru

c)

New World mainly Mexico and claimed it for Spain

d)

Old World mainly Mexico and claimed it for Spain

7.

What was the main destination of Christopher Columbus?

a)

China but actually sailed to the Bahamas/ New World

b)

Spain but actually sailed to the Panama

c)

Russia but actually sailed to Peru

d)

China but actually sailed to South America

8.

What is the travel between the old and new world that had a huge exchange of diseases, ideas, foods, crops, animals and population between an explorers voyage?

a)

Panamanian Exchange

b)

Spanish Exchange

c)

Columbian Exchange

d)

Tejano Exchango

9.

What was the title for men who went out looking to expand the Spanish empire and become famous?

a)

Champion

b)

Conquistador

c)

Warrior

d)

Gladiator

10.

Which explorer missed the Mississippi River and landed in Matagorda Bay?

a)

de Vaca

b)

Cortes

c)

Pineda

d)

La Salle

11.

Which animal was brought through the Columbian Exchange to greatly benefit New Spain?

a)

Cows

b)

Chickens

c)

Horses

d)

Rhinos

12.

The unit over all of these explorers is titled what?

a)

Age of Romance

b)

Age of Contact

c)

Age of Exploring

d)

Ancient People

13.

Which explorer wrote stories of the adventures he had in Texas?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Pineda

c)

Cortes

d)

Columbus

14.

Who wrote the book 'Relacion'?

a)

Cortes

b)

de Vaca

c)

Pineda

d)

Pizzaro

15.

Which two nations fought over land in the New World?

a)

France and England

b)

France and Portugal

c)

France and Spain

d)

Spain and Portugal

16.

Why was Cibola important to these Spanish Explorers?

a)

The Legend of the Cities of Gold

b)

The Legend of the Cities of Silver

c)

The Legend of the Cities of Metal

d)

The Legend of the Giants

17.

Like Coronado Hernando de Soto also went searching for what resource for Spain?

a)

Lumber

b)

Water

c)

People

d)

Gold

18.

Who was most famous for their shipwreck near Galveston?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Columbus

c)

Pineda

d)

Soto

19.

What are the 3 G's?

a)

God/ Glory/ Gold

b)

God/ Gophers/ Greenland

c)

Goat/ Glory/ Goods

d)

Horses/ Chickens/ Cows

20.

How did Cibola influence Spanish explorers?

a)

On the hunt for Kylee

b)

On the hunt for God

c)

On the hunt for glory

d)

On the hunt for gold

21.

Who was associated on the hunt for finding the city of El Dorado?

a)

Pineda

b)

Columbus

c)

De Schmidt

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

22.

In the 3 G's Glory stands for:

a)

Spread their religion

b)

Gain as many riches for the King and Queen as you can

c)

Wanting to become famous

23.

In the 3 G's God stands for:

a)

Wanting to become famous

b)

Gain as many riches for the King and Queen as you can

c)

Spreading their religion

24.

In the 3 G's Gold stands for:

a)

Wanting to become more famous

b)

Spreading their religion

c)

Gain as many riches for the King and Queen as possible

25.

Which explorer opened up the New World for exploration?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

La Salle

d)

De Vaca

26.

Which city is a myth of a place of gold that existed in the mountains and rainforest of South America?

a)

City of Cibola

b)

City of Romeo

c)

City of Ador

d)

City of el Dorado

27.

Which nation brought over horses?

a)

Mexico

b)

Spain

c)

Germany

d)

France

28.

Who mapped the Texas coast?

a)

Pineda

b)

Cortes

c)

Columbus

d)

Pizarro

29.

Which island was nicknamed the 'Isle of Misfortune'?

a)

Matagorda Island

b)

Galveston Island

c)

New York City

d)

South Padre Island

30.

What is the time period called when the Moors controlled Spain for 750 years?

a)

The Relacion

b)

The Relaxion

c)

The Moor

d)

The Reconquista

31.

Which explorer sought after Cibola but found the Grand Canyon?

a)

Coronado

b)

Cortes

c)

Columbus

d)

Soto

32.

Which explorer defeated the Incans and found the city of Lima, Peru?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Francisco Pizzaro

c)

La Salle

d)

Pineda

e)

G

33.

Which Conquistador conquered the Aztec Empire?

a)

La Salle

b)

Soto

c)

Columbus

d)

Cortes

34.

Which explorer was from France?

a)

La Salle

b)

Pineda

c)

Cortes

d)

Columbus

35.

What was the main destination of Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle?

a)

Mouth of the Mississippi River

b)

Florida

c)

Peru

d)

Panama