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Unit 3 exploration and early colonization

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the mission time in Texas the spaniards wanted these things to happen EXCEPT

a)

Native Americans convert to Catholic religion

b)

teach native americans different jobs

c)

Build forts next to missions to help claim land

d)

Help the french trade with Native Americans

2.

What reason is NOT a cause why many of the missions failed

a)

The Plains tribes resented the missionaries and their intrusion on their hunting grounds

b)

 Native Americans did not want to be converted to Catholicism

c)

The missions were isolated

d)

The native Americans were afraid to communicating with the Spaniards

3.

Who was Father Damian Massanet?

a)

 Went to East Texas and established a mission.

b)

 Went to North Texas and established a mission.

c)

 Went to South Texas and established a mission.

d)

 Went to West Texas and established a mission.

4.

Francisco Hidalgo did what

a)

communicated with the French about a new mission in Texas and talked bad about Spain

b)

Wanted to explore North Texas

c)

Wanted to join the Army against France

d)

Find La Salle

5.

Why was Mission La Bahia moved away from the coast

a)

So that it would be more capable of assisting settlements along the Rio Grande and conflict with the Native Americans

b)

It was to close to shark infested water

c)

The french were shooting it from the Sea

d)

They didn't like eating fish

6.

When was San Antonio founded,  Mission San Antonio de Valero

a)

1718

b)

1776

c)

1492

d)

2020

7.

when was the main explore expedition years

a)

1500

b)

1600

c)

1700

d)

1900

8.
Military bases and Church settlements are called
a)
Presidios and missions
b)
Democracy and communism
c)
Indians and Explorers
d)
Friars and Indians
9.
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas after making CONTACT with that group of people?
a)
Friars
b)
Quakers
c)
Native Indians
d)
missionaries
10.
What happen last in this timeline?
Pineda maps Texas =>
Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas=>
?
a)
Cortes lands in current day Mexico City
b)
La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
c)
Coronado land in  Brazil
d)
Columbus sailed the ocean in 1492
11.
At the END of the Spanish Colonial period, Father Hidalgo wrote a speech against ...
a)
Spanish Rule
b)
French Rule
c)
Canadian Rule
d)
Irish Rule
12.
What year did Pineda map the Texas coast?
a)
1519
b)
1607
c)
1658
d)
1718
13.
What motivated the European Explorers to explore the Americas?
a)
Gold
b)
Land
c)
Natives
d)
Nothing, they never came back
14.
Which European explorer built Ft. Louis in Matagorda Bay in the mouth of the Mississippi river?
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Coronado
c)
Cortes
d)
La Salle
15.
What Texas city was founded 1718?
a)
El Paso
b)
Austin
c)
San Antonio
d)
Houston
16.
A mission needs to have what type of rooms?
a)
Indian Quarters and a church
b)
Kitchen and a church
c)
Dungeon and a church
d)
Friars Quarters  and a church
17.
How did the American Indian tribes feel about Spanish building missions?
a)
excited
b)
confused
c)
suspicious
d)
amazed
18.
Most cities in Texas reflect with what cultural heritage?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Portugal
19.
What geographic feature did the Spanish build their missions and presidios?
a)
 mountains
b)
valleys
c)
canyons
d)
rivers
20.
In what year did Alvarez de Pineda explore the  Texas coastline?
a)
1519
b)
1528
c)
1541
d)
1542
21.
What contribution did Alvarez de Pineda make for Spanish exploration?
a)
mapped the Texas coast
b)
defeated the Aztec
c)
settled Mexico City
d)
explored New Mexico
22.
The main goal of French settlers in Texas was to
a)
impose French culture on the Native Texans
b)
establish trade networks with the Native Texans
c)
convert the Native Texans to Catholicism
d)
eradicate all traces of the Native Texan customs
23.
What area of the new world was Cabeza de Vaca originally set to explore before his shipwreck?
a)
Between Florida and Mexico
b)
Texas
c)
Mexico's coastline
d)
Caribbean islands
24.
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?
a)
Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
b)
American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
c)
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
d)
Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.
25.
Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?
a)
Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle
b)
Hernando Cortés
c)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
26.
Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the Americas?
a)
Desire to find gold
b)
Desire to spread democracy
c)
Desire to leave overcrowded cities
d)
Desire to escape government monarchies
27.
God, Gold, and Glory - 
a)
Reasons for exploration and colonization
b)
Reasons for spreading democracy 
c)
Reasons for staying in your own country
d)
Reasons for escaping government
28.
Which sequence of events is in correct chronological order?
a)
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- Pineda maps Texas
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
b)
- Pineda maps Texas
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
c)
- La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- Pineda maps Texas
d)
- Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas
- La Salled establishes Fort St. Louis
- Pineda maps Texas
29.
Which country was France's enemy during La Salle's time?
a)
Spain
b)
Germany
c)
United States
d)
Great Britain
30.
What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?
a)
Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.
b)
Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.
c)
Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.
d)
Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.
31.

Coronado when in search of golden cities. He said that Texas’s soil would be good for farming but found _____.

a)

NO gold

b)

cities of gold

c)

barrels of oil

d)

pounds of diamonds

32.

What was the name of La Salle's French fort in Texas?

a)

St. Louis

b)

St. Detroit

c)

St. Pitt

d)

Fort Worth

33.

A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas.

a)

conquistador

b)

missionary

c)

friar

d)

viceroy

34.

Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked in Texas. He walked across Texas to return to New Spain. He wrote a book describing Texas which passed on tales he had heard about _____. He inspired other conquistadors to explore Texas.

a)

golden cities

b)

oil

c)

the fountain of youth

d)

salt mines

35.
Where did Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle land, although he was looking for the Mississippi river?
a)
Matagorda Bay
b)
San Antonio
c)
Los Adaes
d)
Austin
36.
What motivated Spanish explorers to want to travel to Texas?
a)
to learn Indian languages
b)
to study the local fish species
c)
to find gold
d)
to find new song ideas
37.
Which of the following was a NEGATIVE effect of the Spanish explorers in Texas?
a)
American Indians starved because buffalo were wiped out by the missionaries.
b)
fighting broke out among American Indians over trade with the missionaries
c)
American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries
d)
diseases brought by Spanish explorers killed many American Indians.
38.
Hernando de Soto’s expedition traveled across Texas and other parts of the Americas to—
a)
convert Native people to Islam
b)
find gold for Spain
c)
give land away to France
d)
build and operate more harmony workshops for multiple cultures
39.

Which of the following was NOT Spain's motive in the new world?

a)

To convert Native Americans to Catholicism

b)

To find Gold

c)

Create Missions to spread their religion

d)

To establish a fur trade

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