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WorksheetsUnit 3 Review
Total questions: 68
Worksheet time: 42mins
In 1519, who created the first map of the Texas coastline?
Hernán Cortés
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Which explorer was the first to journal about Texas and its Native peoples?
Hernán Cortés
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
Hernán Cortés is known for:
Mapping the Texas coast
Conquering the Aztec Empire
Exploring for France
Writing about Texas missions
Which of the following describes the Age of Contact?
Spanish explorers came searching for gold and land
Native peoples of Texas made first contact with Europeans
Stephen F. Austin increased settlement
The U.S. declared independence from Britain
Which is a primary source
The diary of a Texas colonist
A biography of a Texas colonist
A modern newspaper article
A textbook
How did the myth of the Seven Cities of Cibola influence Texas exploration?
Motivated expeditions like Coronado’s to search for gold
Caused Spain to immediately build missions in West Texas
Led Spain to sign treaties with France
Adobe houses were mostly found in which cultural region?
Gulf Coast
Plains
Puebloan
Southeastern
Which statement best compares Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca?
Both mapped the Texas coast
Pineda mapped the coast; Cabeza de Vaca wrote about Native peoples
Cabeza de Vaca conquered the Aztecs
Pineda explored for France; Cabeza de Vaca explored for Spain
How did Coronado and La Salle influence Spanish interest in Texas?
Both built permanent colonies
Coronado slowed interest; La Salle renewed it
Both brought wealth to Spain
Coronado explored for France
Which of the following helped settlers travel in Texas?
Irrigation systems
Mountains
Roads, trails, and waterways
Harsh climate
Who was the first to map the Texas coast?
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
Cortés
Why were Cabeza de Vaca’s writings important?
Explained missions
Encouraged France to colonize Texas
Described presidios in Coahuila
Provided details about lands and Native peoples
Who led the expedition to find Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold?
Pineda
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Cortés
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Pineda
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Cortés
If you wanted to camp in the Piney Woods, which region would you visit?
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Which statement contains bias?
Sam Houston was a drunkard and a coward
Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto
Sam Houston was popular with most Texans
Sam Houston was a delegate to the Texas convention of 1833
La Salle’s colony caused Spain to:
Lose interest in Texas
Strengthen control and build more missions
Share Texas with France
Abandon Texas
What is a cash crop?
Natural resources are:
Products made in factories
Things found in nature people can use
Crops for trade
Buildings in towns
Matrilineal means:
Family traced through father
Family traced through mother
Families farmed together
Families were nomadic
Irrigation is:
A type of fort
A way to bring water to crops
Trading goods
Converting Native peoples
Adaptation means:
Changing ways of life to survive
Building missions
Trading with explorers
Moving for fun
Modification means:
Changing the environment to meet needs
Farming cash crops
Studying rivers
Tracing family ancestry
Match the explorer to their accomplishment:
Mapped Texas coast in 1519
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda
First journal about Texas and Native peoples
Álvár Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Conquered the Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés
Led expedition to find Cibola, Seven Cities of Gold
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
La Salle’s French colony was called _______ and located near present-day Matagorda Bay.
Fort Saint Louis
Fort Caroline
Fort Toulouse
Fort Duquesne
The Jumano people lived in the _______ region and built adobe homes.
Puebloan
Plains
Coastal
Southeastern
La Salle’s colony affected Spanish interest in Texas by:
increasing Spanish efforts to colonize Texas
causing Spain to abandon Texas
leading to peaceful relations with France
making Texas less important to Spain
Two ways the geography of Texas influenced early Spanish exploration and settlement were:
The presence of rivers and fertile land encouraged settlement and exploration.
The lack of any natural resources made settlement difficult.
The cold climate attracted Spanish settlers.
The mountainous terrain made travel easy.
Which of the following is a French explorer?
Coronado
La Salle
Pineda
De Vaca
Which European country was the first to stake claim to Texas during the Age of Contact?
Mexico
Spain
France
England
Which of the following was a motivation for European exploration?
Enslaving Native Americans
Importing goods from the New World
Exporting goods from the New World
Increasing wealth for the mother country
The excerpt above best describes
De Vaca
La Salle
Cortes
Coronado
The excerpt above best describes
De Vaca
Coronado
Cortes
Pineda
Which explorer built Fort St. Louis and continued to the Mississippi River?
La Salle
Columbus
Cortez
Santa Anna
Place these explorers in order of their exploration of Texas, from oldest to most recent.
Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle
Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Columbus, La Salle
La Salle, Pineda, Coronado, Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca, La Salle, Coronado, Pineda
What is someone called that is a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land throughout America?
Conqueror
Warrior
Vaquerro
Conquistador
Texas was explored thoroughly, which country is credit for the most extensive exploration?
France
Spain
England
Mexico
Explain the meaning of "the era of the age of contact"
This was how old Pineda was when he mapped the Texas coast.
When France and Spain first touched land
The contact between European explorers and the American Indian
This marks the beginning of modern civilization of Texas
Which explorer discovered the most gold?
La Salle
Coronado
Columbus
No one found gold
After contact, many American Indians began to mysteriously die. What was the cause?
Unknown diseases
Starvation
War with England
War with other tribes
France and one other country were key for the exploration of Texas, what other country was involved?
Spain
England
China
United States of America
Which explorer sailed the ocean blue in 1492?
Jean Luc Picard
Coronado
Columbus
Cortez
What were the political, social and economic motivations for European exploration of Texas?
God
Glory
Gold
All the above
The main thing that happens during the Age of Contact is....
Europeans Explore the New World
Medical Discoveries
The 100 Years War
What is a Conquistador?
Diety
Religious Leader
Soldier and Adventurer
Messenger
Who conquered the Aztec Empire?
Moctezuma II
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Cortes
Who was the first European to set foot on Texas soil. His journal is one of our first records of Texas' geography. (He was also captured by the Karankawa)
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
What was Coronado searching for?
New People to convert to Catholicism
Gold/Cities of Gold
Why did Spain lose interest in Texas for 80 years?
Lack of LAND
Lack of TREASURE
The French Explorer claimed all of the land drained by which river?
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Was Fort St Louis a success or a failure?
Success
Failure
What was one of the main effects of French Exploration in Texas?
It ruined the Spanish
It challenged the Spanish claim in Texas
Which group is located in the Mountains and Basins region?
Puebloan Culture Group
Southeastern Culture Group
Plains Culture Group
Gulf Culture Group
Which group has the Karankawas, Coahuiltecans, and Atakapan?
Gulf Culture Group
Plains Culture Group
Puebloan Culture Group
Southeastern Culture Group
What is a primary source
information that comes directly from a person or source
information that is a summary of another source
What is a secondary source
information that comes directly from a person or source
information that is a summary of another source
What does it mean to show bias?
to be conceited
to favor one side over another
to refuse to take a side
to show selfishness
