WorksheetsUnit 3 Test Review
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 25mins
What country was the first to claim and settle in Texas?
Spain
Portugal
England
France
What group was present before the Spanish arrived in Texas?
Native Americans
French
Mexicans
Americans
Which of the following was NOT Spain's motive in the new world?
To convert Native Americans to Catholicism
To find Gold
Create Missions to spread their religion
To establish a fur trade
Conquistadors and most of the explorers who came impacted Texas during the Age of Contact came from which country?
Italy
Portugal
England
Spain
Conquistadors were motivated by
God
Glory
Games
Gold
Which explorer was Italian but sailed his ship for the glory of Spain? He was looking for a shortcut to Asia, but did not find it. Instead, this explorer discovered North and South America for Europe.
Columbus
Pineda
Cortes
Cabeza de Vaca
Which conquistador survived a shipwreck in Texas, lived with Natives as a slave, a shaman, and a trader? He then made his way back home and wrote a book about his travels, which included a story about a city filled with Silver and Gold?
Cortes
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
What explorer was from France and what year did he land in Texas?
Cortes, 1519
Louie, 1685
Columbus, 1492
LaSalle, 1685
What was Spain's reaction to LaSalle's expedition in the New World and what is modern day Texas?
Spain had no reaction, they were still not interested in modern day Texas
The Spanish recruited him as a conquistador
Spain declared war on France
Spain panicked and began to have a renewed interest by establishing settlements in modern day Texas
_____were the people who taught Natives about religion and the culture of Spain at the missions.
Conquistadors
Spanish settlers
Spanish soldiers
Catholic friars
What year did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda map the Texas coastline?
1492
1519
1521
1536
What year did Hernan Cortez conquer the Aztecs?
1492
1519
1521
1536
What year did Christopher Columbus land in Caribbean Islands?
1492
1519
1521
1536
What year did Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca get shipwrecked in Galveston island and captured by the Karankawas?
1492
1519
1521
1528
What year did frenchman Robert de La Salle land in Matagorda Bay instead of the Mississippi River?
1521
1536
1540
1685
What year did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado search for Cibola (cities of gold)?
1521
1536
1540
1685
Which Spanish explorer set out to find Cibola (cities of gold) and was considered a failure for Spain?
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Hernan Cortez
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he discovered the New World?
Looking for Cibola
Looking for easy trade routes to India
Looking for Florida
Looking for Mexico
After Columbus, what was the 3 reasons for Exploration?
Gold, Glory, and God
Glory, God, and Goodness
Gold, God, and Greatness
Pineda is known for
Being a medicine man after pulling an arrow out of the chest of a Native.
Defeating the Aztecs and taking their Gold.
Being the first European to explore and map the Texas coast.
What is Cortes known for
Being the first European to explore and map the Texas coast.
Defeating the Aztecs and taking their Gold.
Being a medicine man after pulling an arrow out of the chest of a Native.
Which tribe did Cabeza de Vaca meet with on Galveston Island?
Apache
Caddo
Jumanos
Karankawa
Which city of gold did Coronado set out to find?
Cibola
New Orleans
New York
Houston
Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?
La Salle
Coronado
Cortez
Columbus
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?
Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.
What is the river that borders Texas and Louisiana?
Sabine River
Which letter represents the Mountains and Basins?
A
B
C
D
Which letter represents the North Central Plains?
A
B
C
D
Which letter represents the Great Plains?
A
B
C
D
Which letter on the map represents the coastal plains?
A
B
C
D
What is the river that borders Texas and Louisiana?
Sabine River
In which Native American Texas region would you find the Tigua and Jumano tribes?
1
2
3
4
In which Native American Texas region would you find the Karankawa and Coahuiltecan tribes?
1
2
3
4
What is the name of this Era?
Natural Texas and It's People
Colonial Era
Mexican Exploration
Age of Contact and Spanish Colonial
Friar Marcos thought he saw Cibola, but it was actually adobe homes
True
False
Who was the first African to explore Texas?
Esteban
Cabeza de Vaca
Luka Doncic
La Salle
Which of these are primary sources (it can be more than one answer)
Portraits and Photographs
Diaries and Autobiographies
Oral interview with an historian
Artifacts
Which type of tribe uses tipis as their primary, or main home?
Sedentary Tribes
Nomadic Tribes
Which type of tribe makes permanent homes to come back to regularly?
Sedentary Tribes
Nomadic Tribes
Which culture was located near the Gulf of Mexico and mostly fished for food?
Plains Culture
Southeastern Culture
Pueblo Culture
Gulf Culture
Which is TRUE about the elevation of Texas?
None of the above is true.
If you travel from east to west it goes from low to high and back to low again.
If you travel from east to west it gets lower.
If you travel from east to west, it gets higher.
What region has the lowest elevation and highest amount of precipitation?
Mountains and Basins
Great Plains
North Central Plains
Coastal Plains
What group of Native Americans culture rely on horses to survive?
Gulf Culture
Southeastern Culture
Plains Culture
Pueblo Culture
