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Age Contact Unit 3 Quiz Review

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which explorer is not from Spain?

a)

La Salle

b)

Coronado

c)

Pineda

d)

Narvaez

2.

France and one other country were key for the exploration of Texas, what other country was involved?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

China

d)

United States of America

3.

In Texas History, why is the year 1519 important?

a)

La Salle discovered the American Indian

b)

Coronado made his way through the coastal plains

c)

Pineda mapped the Texas coast

d)

Texas won it's independence

4.

After contact, many American Indians began to mysteriously die. What was the cause?

a)

Unknown diseases

b)

Starvation

c)

War with England

d)

War with other tribes

5.

Explain the meaning of "the era of the age of contact"

a)

This was how old Pineda was when he mapped the Texas coast.

b)

When France and Spain first touched land

c)

The contact between European explorers and the American Indian

d)

This marks the beginning of modern civilization of Texas

6.

What is someone called that is a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land throughout America?

a)

Conqueror

b)

Warrior

c)

Vaquerro

d)

Conquistador

7.
Explorer
a)
a person who explores an unfamiliar area
b)
to find a way through a body of water
c)
an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
d)
a crude fort
8.
Conquistador 
a)
a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
b)
a person who explores an unfamiliar area
c)
to find a way through a body of water
d)
an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
9.
Colony
a)
a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
b)
a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
c)
a person who explores an unfamiliar area
d)
to find a way through a body of water
10.
Raw Materials
a)
materials used to manufacture other products
b)
the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
c)
a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
d)
a soldier who explored and conquered lands for Spain
11.
Mercantilism
a)
an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
b)
materials used to manufacture other products
c)
the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
d)
a settlement under political, economic, and social control of another country
12.
Stockade 
a)
a crude fort
b)
an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
c)
materials used to manufacture other products
d)
the exchange of goods, raw materials, and diseases between the Americas and Europe
13.
Viceroy
a)
an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
b)
a crude fort
c)
an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
d)
materials used to manufacture other products
14.
Navigate
a)
to find a way through a body of water
b)
an official who rules in the name of the king or queen
c)
a crude fort
d)
an economic system requiring exclusive trade between a country and its colonies
15.

Which era of history includes European exploration of Texas?

a)

Native Texas and Its People

b)

Age of Contact

c)

Spanish Colonial

d)

Mexican National

16.

Which of the following would be the best title for the chart above?

a)

Triangular Trade

b)

Trade throughout Asia

c)

Natural Resources of the World`

d)

Columbian Exchange

17.

Who shipwrecked on the Texas coast?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Pineda

c)

Coronado

d)

Cortez