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Spanish Explorers Gd7 Midterm Assessment

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

His expedition north added to geographical knowledge, but found no cities of gold.

a)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

b)

Marina

c)

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Marcos de Niza

e)

Estevan

2.

His voyages discovered the Americas.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

c)

Marina

d)

Marcos de Niza

e)

Estevan

3.

This friar claimed to have seen seven cities of gold.

a)

Marcos de Niza

b)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

c)

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Estevan

e)

Marina

4.

His expedition conquered the Aztec empire.

a)

Estevan

b)

Marcos de Niza

c)

Marina

d)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

e)

Hernando Cortes

5.

This black Moor, former slave, and explorer died at Hawikuh.

a)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

b)

Estevan

c)

Marcos de Niza

d)

Marina

e)

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

6.

This Indian princess helped the Spaniards conquer Mexico.

a)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

b)

Marina

c)

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Estevan

e)

Marcos de Niza

7.

This shipwrecked Spanish explorer walked across much of North America and saw a poor land.

a)

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Marina

c)

Marcos de Niza

d)

Estevan

e)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

8.

Which event came first? Coronado explores New Mexico or Fray Marcos and Estevan head north.

a)

Coronado explores New Mexico

b)

Fray Marcos and Estevan head north

9.

Which event came first? Cabeza de Vaca travels to New Spain or Cortés conquers Mexico.

a)

Cabeza de Vaca travels to New Spain

b)

Cortés conquers Mexico

10.

What was Columbus seeking on his 1492 voyage?

a)

a water route to Cíbola

b)

the gold of Cuba

c)

a way to defeat the Moors

d)

an all-water route to the Far East

11.

Who were the conquistadors?

a)

Aztec warriors

b)

traders who sold goods to Indians

c)

Spaniards who conquered vast areas of land

d)

Franciscan missionaries

12.

What did Coronado find at Zuni?

a)

the Grand Canyon

b)

six poor villages

c)

six of the seven cities of gold

d)

a water route to Cíbola

13.

What did Coronado’s soldiers find?

a)

the Grand Canyon

b)

the pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley

c)

the continental divide

d)

all of these

14.

What did El Turco say about Quivira?

a)

It lay far to the west.

b)

It could be reached by water.

c)

It was on the Rio Grande.

d)

It was rich in gold.

15.

This term refers to the Spanish king’s agent in New Spain.

a)

viceroy

b)

governor

c)

explorer

d)

conquistador

16.

What does the word Cíbola mean?

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17.

Which explorer first circumnavigated the globe, proving all oceans are connected?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

d)

Marco Polo

18.

What was the primary goal of the Spanish missions in the New World?

a)

To find gold

b)

To convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity

c)

To establish trade routes with Asia

d)

To map the geography of the New World

19.

Which treaty divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain?

a)

The Treaty of Tordesillas

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

The Treaty of Westphalia

d)

The Treaty of Utrecht