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Explorers Review 25-26

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

La Salle is best known for....

a)

Building Ft. St. Louis

b)

Mapping the Texas Coastline

c)

Claiming land in Texas for France

d)

Exploring the Grand Canyon

2.

What year was the Texas Coastline map created?

a)

1519

b)

1682

c)

1541

d)

1527

3.

The Spanish colonized America for...

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Glory

d)

All of the above

4.

Which explorer reported there were no cities of gold?

a)

Columbus

b)

Coronado

c)

Pineda

d)

La Salles

5.

Which explorer wrote about cities of gold, leading to further exploration?

a)

Coronado

b)

La Salle

c)

Pineda

d)

Cabeza De Vaca

6.

This explorer mapped the coastline of Texas.

a)

Pineda

b)

Coronado

c)

Cortez

d)

La Salle

7.

The place was created by Cortes in Mexico.

a)

Quivira

b)

Texas

c)

Fort St. Louis

d)

New Spain

8.

Coronado is best known for....

a)

Mapping Texas

b)

Finding Cities of Gold

c)

Finding physical features like Palo Duro Canyon

d)

Claiming land for Germany

9.

____________ was the first European to step foot in Texas.

a)

Cabeza De Vaca

b)

Pineda

c)

Coronado

d)

Columbus

10.

Which land did Cortes conquer?

a)

Aztec

b)

Caddo

c)

Comanche

d)

Karankawa

11.

Coronado did not find any gold, so what did the king and queen do?

a)

Kept sending explorers

b)

Stopped sending explorers

c)

Told him to keep looking

12.

Which two countries were trying to claim land?

a)

France, Spain

b)

Spain, Germany

c)

France, Mexico

d)

Germany, Mexico

13.

What country did La Salle sail for?

a)

Germany

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Mexico

14.

Reorder the following from the 1st explorer to the last explorer

a)

Cortes

b)

Pineda

c)

Cabeza De Vaca

d)

Coronado

e)

LaSalle

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
15.

Match the following

a)

Cortes

1.

Conquer Aztecs, Mexico City=New Spain

b)

Pineda

2.

1st Map TX coast, encouraged exploration

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

3.

1st to step foot, wrote a book

d)

Coronado

4.

found no gold, found Palo Duro Canyon

e)

La Salle

5.

Built Ft. St. Louis for France