Explorers
European Influence
Miscellaneous
Explorers #2
Geography
100


In the same year that Cortes was defeating the native group, another explorer was sailing along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and creating a map of the area. What year did these two important events happen? 



1519

100

Spain’s efforts to take back their country from the African Moors [a conflict that lasted nearly 800 years] was known as the ___________?

Reconquista

100

Which explorer believed that the seven cities of gold and silver were located somewhere in the “new world”. in 1540?

 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado led an expedition to find the cities.

100
The shipwrecked and stranded Spanish explorer named _______8________ lived among the Indian tribes of Texas for six years as a respected shaman [healer] and trader before starting his long journey home.


Cabeza de Vaca

100

What was the name of the river in North America that La Salle sailed down and claimed for his country?

Mississippi

200

After the discovery of North and South America, many European explorers traveled to this “new world”, motivated by what? 





Gold, God & Glory





200


Most of the explorers who impacted Texas history during the Age of Contact came from __________?



Spain

200
La Salle’s plan was to build a powerful fort where the big river emptied into the gulf, but a storm blew him off course and he shipwrecked in Texas instead. He and the other survivors quickly built Fort St. Louis to protect themselves from unfriendly Karankawas. La Salle then tried to find the river on foot [unaware that he was hundreds of miles away from it].

What happened to La Salle next?


La Salle was murdered by his unhappy followers and his fort was destroyed.

200
Another explorer named Francisco Coronado spent several years looking for a place rumored to be seven cities of gold and silver. This place was called –


Cibola

200

Which of the following is the most important result of La Salle’s expedition in Texas?

Spain renewed its interest in Texas, and began to colonize the area

300
What was Columbus trying to do in 1492?





Find a faster route to Asia.

300



Which European country was able to set up a successful fur trade in North America?

France

300

Which country was represented in Texas & Mexico during the Age of Contact?

Spain

300
Though Coronado never found the place he was looking for, what did he report finding?


rich soil that could be used for farming

300

Which of these explorers NEVER actually set foot in Texas?

A. Cabeza de Vaca

B. Coronado

C. Hernan Cortes

D. ALL of these men set foot in Texas

Hernan Cortez

400
One of those European explorers was a conquistador named Hernan Cortes, who defeated a native group called the _________ and built Mexico City on the ruins of their empire’s capital.



Aztecs

400


What killed more natives during the Age of Contact?

War or Disease?

Disease

400

In what year did Columbus discover lands that Europeans didn’t know about – North and South America?

1492

400

t, what was the main purpose of the expedition that crossed the Rio Grande at El Paso?

to establish a successful colony and find mineral wealth in the area

400

Which native group lived near the gulf?

Karankawa

500

What was the name of the explorer who created the map showing the Gulf of Mexico [and claimed all the land for his country]?

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

500

Determine which event belongs with each of the dates provided on the timeline: 1492, 1519, 1536 & 1685?



1492-North America was discovered

1519-Aztecs defeated/Gulf of Mexico was mapped

1536-Cabeza de Vaca walked home

1685-La Salle landed in Texas

500


Which list shows the explorers in the correct chronological order?

A. La Salle, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, Pineda

B. Coronado, La Salle, Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca

C. Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle

D. Cabeza de Vaca, Pineda, La Salle, Coronado

C. Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle

500

In 1583 the combined effects of the voyage of Sir Francis Drake to California and continual pleas of the Church to establish missions among the Pueblo Indians led Philip II of Spain to issue a royal order for the "discovery and settlement of the province of New Mexico." Revived stories of rich mineral deposits in the north excited great interest, and many applied to lead the expedition, hoping to gain wealth and fame. Finally, in 1595, Oñate received the contract on the provision that he raise a force of 200 men and undertake most of the expenses of colonization. In return the King named Oñate governor and adelantado of New Mexico.

“Phillip II of Spain [issued] a royal order for the ‘discovery and settlement of New Mexico’.”

500


What native group followed the buffalo as a food source?

The Plains Indians (Apache, Comanche)

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