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Unit 3 Test Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country was the first to claim and settle in Texas?

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

France

2.

What group was present before the Spanish arrived in Texas?

a)

Native Americans

b)

French

c)

Mexicans

d)

Americans

3.

Which of the following was NOT Spain's motive in the new world?

a)

To convert Native Americans to Catholicism

b)

To find Gold

c)

Create Missions to spread their religion

d)

To establish a fur trade

4.

Conquistadors and most of the explorers who came impacted Texas during the Age of Contact came from which country?

a)

Italy

b)

Portugal

c)

England

d)

Spain

5.

Conquistadors were motivated by

a)

God

b)

Glory

c)

Games

d)

Gold

6.

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.

a)

Columbus

b)

Pineda

c)

Cortes

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

7.

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?

a)

Cortes

b)

Coronado

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Pineda

8.

What explorer was from France and what year did he land in Texas?

a)

Cortes, 1519

b)

Louie, 1685

c)

Columbus, 1492

d)

LaSalle, 1685

9.

What was Spain's reaction to LaSalle's expedition in the New World and what is modern day Texas?

a)

Spain had no reaction, they were still not interested in modern day Texas

b)

The Spanish recruited him as a conquistador

c)

Spain declared war on France

d)

Spain panicked and began to have a renewed interest by establishing settlements in modern day Texas

10.

_____were the people who taught Natives about religion and the culture of Spain at the missions.

a)

Conquistadors

b)

Spanish settlers

c)

Spanish soldiers

d)

Catholic friars

11.
Who was part of the expedition that shipwrecked in Galveston and was saved by the Karankawas?
a)
Cabeza de gato
b)
Cabeza de pollo
c)
Cabeza de vaca
d)
Cabeza de mesa
12.

What year did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda map the Texas coastline?

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1521

d)

1536

13.

What year did Hernan Cortez conquer the Aztecs?

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1521

d)

1536

14.

What year did Christopher Columbus land in Caribbean Islands?

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1521

d)

1536

15.

What year did Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca get shipwrecked in Galveston island and captured by the Karankawas?

a)

1492

b)

1519

c)

1521

d)

1528

16.

What year did frenchman Robert de La Salle land in Matagorda Bay instead of the Mississippi River?

a)

1521

b)

1536

c)

1540

d)

1685

17.

What year did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado search for Cibola (cities of gold)?

a)

1521

b)

1536

c)

1540

d)

1685

18.

Which Spanish explorer set out to find Cibola (cities of gold) and was considered a failure for Spain?

a)

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

d)

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

19.

What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he discovered the New World?

a)

Looking for Cibola

b)

Looking for easy trade routes to India

c)

Looking for Florida

d)

Looking for Mexico

20.

After Columbus, what was the 3 reasons for Exploration?

a)

Gold, Glory, and God

b)

Glory, God, and Goodness

c)

Gold, God, and Greatness

21.

Pineda is known for

a)

Being a medicine man after pulling an arrow out of the chest of a Native.

b)

Defeating the Aztecs and taking their Gold.

c)

Being the first European to explore and map the Texas coast.

22.

What is Cortes known for

a)

Being the first European to explore and map the Texas coast.

b)

Defeating the Aztecs and taking their Gold.

c)

Being a medicine man after pulling an arrow out of the chest of a Native.

23.

Which tribe did Cabeza de Vaca meet with on Galveston Island?

a)

Apache

b)

Caddo

c)

Jumanos

d)

Karankawa

24.

Which city of gold did Coronado set out to find?

a)

Cibola

b)

New Orleans

c)

New York

d)

Houston

25.

Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?

a)

La Salle

b)

Coronado

c)

Cortez

d)

Columbus

26.

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?

a)

Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.

b)

American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.

c)

Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.

d)

Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.

27.

What is the river that borders Texas and Louisiana?

a)
Trinity River
b)
Red River
c)
Rio Grande River
d)

Sabine River

28.

Which letter represents the Mountains and Basins?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

29.

Which letter represents the North Central Plains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

30.

Which letter represents the Great Plains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

31.

Which letter on the map represents the coastal plains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

32.

What is the river that borders Texas and Louisiana?

a)
Trinity River
b)
Red River
c)
Rio Grande River
d)

Sabine River

33.

In which Native American Texas region would you find the Tigua and Jumano tribes?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

34.

In which Native American Texas region would you find the Karankawa and Coahuiltecan tribes?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

35.

What is the name of this Era?

a)

Natural Texas and It's People

b)

Colonial Era

c)

Mexican Exploration

d)

Age of Contact and Spanish Colonial

36.

Friar Marcos thought he saw Cibola, but it was actually adobe homes

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Who was the first African to explore Texas?

a)

Esteban

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Luka Doncic

d)

La Salle

38.

Which of these are primary sources (it can be more than one answer)

a)

Portraits and Photographs

b)

Diaries and Autobiographies

c)

Oral interview with an historian

d)

Artifacts

39.

Which type of tribe uses tipis as their primary, or main home?

a)

Sedentary Tribes

b)

Nomadic Tribes

40.

Which type of tribe makes permanent homes to come back to regularly?

a)

Sedentary Tribes

b)

Nomadic Tribes

41.

Which culture was located near the Gulf of Mexico and mostly fished for food?

a)

Plains Culture

b)

Southeastern Culture

c)

Pueblo Culture

d)

Gulf Culture

42.

Which is TRUE about the elevation of Texas?

a)

None of the above is true.

b)

If you travel from east to west it goes from low to high and back to low again.

c)

If you travel from east to west it gets lower.

d)

If you travel from east to west, it gets higher.

43.

What region has the lowest elevation and highest amount of precipitation?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

44.

What group of Native Americans culture rely on horses to survive?

a)

Gulf Culture

b)

Southeastern Culture

c)

Plains Culture

d)

Pueblo Culture