La Salle
Cabeza de Vaca
Explorer Trivia #1
Cortez
Explorer Trivia #2
100

He was a terrible navigator (True or False)

What is True?

100

What does Cabeza de Vaca mean in English?

What is "Head of the Cow?

100

Why were the Europeans exploring Texas?

What is Searching for Gold?

100

What was the name of the Aztec capital?

What is Tenochtitlan?

100

When did Coronado lead an expedition across northern Texas?

What is 1540?

200

What river was La Salle looking for?

What is the Mississippi?

200

What wrecked Cabeza de Vaca's ship?

What is a hurricane?

200

What is a Spanish-Soldier or conqueror called?

What is Conquistador?

200

Who was the Aztec emperor killed by Spaniards?

What is Moctezuma?

200

The goal of his expedition was to find what?

What is the Seven Cities of Gold?

300

He landed here after he missed the mouth of the Mississippi by 400 miles

What is Matagorda Bay?

300

What was Cabeza de Vaca regarded as by Native Americans?

What is a Shaman?

300

What is the name of the large empire in Mexico during the 1500's?

What is Aztec?

300

Who did the Aztecs think Cortez was?

What is Quetzacoatl?

300

Who told Coronado of a place called Quivira filled with riches?

What is The Turk?

400

What is the name of the Fort La Salle built?

What is Ft. Saint Louis?

400

Who was  the leader of Cabeza de Vaca's failed expedition to explore the area between Florida and Mexico?

What is Panfilo de Narvaez?

400

What is Cibola?

What is Seven Cities of Gold?

400

What did Cortez want from the Aztecs?

What is gold?

400

Coronado became great friends with "The Turk". (True or False)

What is False?

500

Land named in honor of King Louis XIV of France.

What is Louisiana?

500

What tribe did he become friends with?

What is Karankawa?

500

What was the capital of New Spain?

What is Mexico City?

500

What year did Cortez invade Aztec Empire in Mexico?

What is 1519?

500

A Spanish nun named Maria de Jesus de Agreda was known as what?

What is The Lady in Blue?

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