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WorksheetsTexas History Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 4hrs 45mins
A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought riches and power for himself and wealth and glory for Spain in the conquest of the Americas was called a _____.
commando
conquistador
missionary
settler
Spanish priests and nuns began religious settlements called ______ in New Spain.
chapels
synagogues
missions
mosques
What was Columbus looking for when he sailed from Spain in 1492?
the Americas
a new route to India
the Aztec empire
new fishing grounds
_____ was the first European to explore the Texas coast.
Christopher Columbus
Hernán Cortés
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Many conquistadores were inspired by the tales of _____ and volunteered to explore the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
Hernán Cortés
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca reached Texas after the collapse of the _____ expedition.
Álvarez de Pineda
Columbus
Cortés
Narváez
Juan de Oñate crossed into Texas near which modern city?
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
El Paso
Laredo
Guided by the Turk, Coronado set out to find Quivira, which was located _____.
in Palo Duro Canyon
on the Great Plains
in New Mexico
in East Texas
_____ was the name of one of the fabled seven cities of gold.
Quivira
Tenochtitlán
Shangri-La
Cíbola
In 1540 Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza sent _____ to investigate stories about mysterious, wealthy lands in the north.
Luis de Moscoso
Juan de Oñate
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Hernando de Soto
What happened to La Salle's last ship, La Belle?
The Spanish captured it.
Some settlers sailed it back to France.
Native Americans burned it.
It was destroyed in a storm.
The first French explorer to enter what is now Texas was _____.
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle
Le Joly La Bellé
Louis Joliet
Pierre San-Louis
In 1682 La Salle claimed the valley of the _____ for France.
Mississippi
Rio Grande
St. Lawrence River
Columbia River
The area now known as Louisiana was named in honor of _____.
King Louis XVI
Louis and Anna La Salle
King Louis XIV
Louis Armstrong
Why was Spain concerned about France's exploration of the region now known as Texas?
Spain thought the French might try to take over the territory.
Spain feared that France would encourage Native Americans to revolt.
Spain was worried that French ships would prey on Spanish privateers.
Spain wanted the wealth of Texas for itself.
