WorksheetsExplorers of Texas
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following was NOT a motivation for Spanish exploration of the Americas?
They wanted to increase their population by bringing indigenous people back to Spain.
They wanted to add to their wealth by finding gold.
They wanted to spread Christianity to the indigenous people of the Americas.
They wanted to expand their empire by colonizing new land.
Why was trading with Asia so difficult in the early 1400s? Check all that apply.
Sailing technology was not advanced enough for open water travel.
The land routes were long and very expensive.
The people of Asia refused to trade with Europeans.
There weren't very many goods in Asia that Europeans wanted.
Which explorer was the first to attempt sailing to Asia by going west across the Atlantic?
Bartolomeu Dias
Christopher Columbus
Panfilo de Narvaez
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
What did Cortes build on the ruins of Tenochtitlan?
A villa for himself.
Mexico City
Nothing, he left the city in ruins
Veracruz
What is the name of the Spanish Empire in the Americas?
Mexico
Columbia
Grenada
New Spain
Which Spanish explorer was the first to see and map the Texas coast?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Panfilo de Narvaez
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Why is the year 1519 significant to Texas History?
It was the year the first European explored the interior of Texas.
It was the year Coronado found gold in the mountains of west Texas.
It was the year the first Spanish colony was established in Texas.
It was the year the first European saw and mapped the Texas coast.
Who was the first Spanish conquistador to explore the interior of Texas?
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Panfilo de Narvaez
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Fransisco Vasquez de Coronado
Which of the following conquistadors conquered present-day Mexico and claimed it for Spain?
Chistopher Columbus
Alsonso Alvarez de Pineda
Hernan Cortes
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
Which of the following conquistadors explored Texas in search of the seven cities of gold?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Alsonso Alvarez de Pineda
Hernan Cortes
Panfilo de Narvaez
What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca’s journey through Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca became very wealthy because of the gold he found as he traveled through Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca founded the settlement of Galveston.
Cabeza de Vaca’s stories about his journey inspired other conquistadors to explore Texas.
Cabeza de Vaca’s expedition taught the French that Texas was not a place that should be settled.
Which explorer was from France and founded Fort St. Louis on the Texas coast?
Cortes
Pineda
Oñate
La Salle
What was the name of the settlement in Texas that was built by La Salle?
El Paso
Beaumont
Fort St. Louis
Cibola
What is NOT one of the 3 G's?
Gold
Glory
God
Goats
Why did Spain found missions in East Texas?
To trade with the United States
To keep the French out!
To steal from the Portuguese
To mine for gold
What were Spanish explorers in the 1500's called?
Conquistadors
Captains
Friars
Frenchmen
What is the time period of explorers coming to Texas called?
Spanish Colonial
Natural Texas
Mexican National
Age of Contact
Why did France want to explore Texas?
God
Fur trade
Gold
Glory
How many flags flew over Texas
1
9
6
4
What year did Pineda map the coast of Texas
1492
1519
1981
2021
Which explorer crashed on the coast of Galveston?
Coronado
LaSalle
Columbus
Cabeza de Vaca
Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?
Columbus
Cabeza De Vaca
Coronado
Cortez
This was the main reason that the Spanish Monarchy decided to send the Missions to Texas after they could no longer find Gold.
To block out the French explorers from taking control of Texas.
To try to find Gold.
To control the Mississippi River.
To make a peace treaty with the Comanche.
What Native American empire did Cortes conquer?
Comanche
Karankawa
Aztec
Apache
Religious communities, called missions, were created to help spread which religion in New Spain?
Methodism
Baptists
Protestant
Catholicism
Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the Americas?
Desire to escape government monarchies
Desire to spread democracy
Desire to find gold
Desire to leave overcrowded cities
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?
American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
English colonists abandoned exploration of Texas.
Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
