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Age of Contact

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On Columbus's first voyage, after sailing 33 days, Columbus and his crew sighted land in October of ________

a)

1475

b)

1590

c)

1492

d)

1498

2.

What are the 3 Gs?

a)

God, Gold Glory

b)

Glory, German, Gold

c)

Greatness, Globe, Geography

d)

Fame, Gold, Globe

3.

What are Conquistadors?

a)

They were under control by the Indians

b)

They sought riches and power for themselves and wanted to glorify Spain

c)

Killed Indians and raided tribes.

d)

The highest ranking official in the Americas who represent the Spanish monarch.

4.

Fray Marcos of 1539 his party was headed to ______

a)

Texas

b)

Albequerque

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Cibola

5.

What is a Viceroy?

a)

Sought riches and power to glorify Spain

b)

Spain's highest ranking official in the Americas who represent the monarch

c)

Lead and give conquistadors orders to do.

d)

The person who communicates with the Indians.

6.

Viceroy Mendoza chose __________ to lead an expedition to claim the Seven Cities of Gold.

a)

Herman Cortes

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Coronado

d)

Alonso Alvarez De Pineda

7.

He was the first to explore and map the coastline of Texas in _____

a)

1519

b)

1472

c)

1558

d)

1492

8.

He convinced thousands of Native Americans to rebel against the Aztec army.

a)

Francisco Vasquez De Coronado

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Fray Marcos

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

9.

Shipwrecked in 1528 what is now Galveston the Karankawas took him in and were kind and generous to him and his men.

a)

Viceroy

b)

Fray Marcos

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

10.

There was a Native American called Turk that told _________ about the village Quivia that had riches that __________ was looking for.

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Fray Marcos

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Coronado

11.

He claimed the entire land surrounding the Mississippi and named the land Louisiana in honor of the French King Louis XIV.

a)

Fray Marcos

b)

La Salle of France

c)

Alonso Alvarez De Pineda

d)

Hernan Cortes