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WorksheetsSGM Post 7.1(A) 2022-2023
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the importance of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda’s exploration of the Texas Coast in 1519?
His exploration included the first group of Europeans to enter what is now Texas
His journey inspired conquistadores to explorer what is now Texas
He was the first European to explore and map what is now the Texas coastline
He led explorers to an island near present-day Galveston
By the late 1600s, what other countries besides Spain had established colonies in North America?
France, England, and Netherlands
Portugal, Italy, and France
Mexico, France, and England
France, Germany, and Sweden
Which sequence explains how events in Europe in the 1400s led to the Age of Contact in Texas in the 1500s and 1600s?
Europe to Asia land routes not mapped → European traders got lost → Spanish explorers accidentally find Texas
Europeans search for sea routes to Asia → Spanish come to the Americas → Spanish conquistadors explore Texas
Ottomans force traders to go by sea to Asia → Columbus makes contact with the Karankawa → Spanish settlers move to Texas
European traders lack navigation tools to travel by land to Asia → go by sea instead → Spain discovers Texas
What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas in 1535-36?
Cabeza de Vaca became very wealthy because of the gold and minerals he found as he traveled through Texas
Cabeza de Vaca founded the settlement of Galveston.
Cabeza de Vaca's stories about his journey became the reason other conquistadors wanted to explore Texas
Cabeza de Vaca's expedition taught the French that Texas was not a place that should be settled.
What was the effect of the establishment of Fort St. Louis on Spain?
Spain made an alliance with Native Americans in the area around Fort St. Louis.
Spain moved the capital of New Spain to Fort St. Louis.
Spain decided to abandon the area that became eastern Texas.
Spain began paying more attention to exploring and settling what became eastern Texas.
Which reason best completes this list?
To spread democracy ideals
To improve efficiency in manufacturing
To locate potential military allies
To claim new territory.
Which of the following statements reflects an outcome of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The Mexican cession was split between the United States and Mexico
Americans South of the Nueces river could become Mexicans citizens
Mexico made a $15 million payment to cover claims of U.S. citizens against Mexico
The boundary between the Unite States and Mexico was settled
What key political issue was raised due to new U.S. territory gained as a result of the war with Mexico?
location of the border between Texas and Mexico
whether the new territories would be open to slavery
whether Mexico would follow through on paying reparations
whether the new territories had any importance resources
What was one outcome of the U.S.-Mexican War?
The United States gain control of the Oregon country
Mexico gave up all claims to Texas
Texas and the new territories had to give up slavery
Mexicans living in the new territories moved to Mexico
Where would a history student most likely find this image?
In a biography of early Spanish explorers
In a museum exhibit about the Civil War
In an academic presentation about Manifest Destiny
In a textbook about European Exploration
