Which famous Explorer set out to find a westward sea route to the Indies but instead landed in present day Hispaniola?
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
This is the year that Columbus first set sail from Spain on his search for the West Indies
What is 1492
100
The enormous territory that La Salle claimed for France was named in honor of King Louis XIV. What was the name
What is Louisiana
100
Name the 3 G's of Spanish Exploration
What is God, Glory and Gold
100
This is the largest Region of Texas and the furthest East. It has the highest populations of people living on them.
What is the Coastal Plains region of Texas
200
This Explorer was the first person to map the Texas coastline?
Who is Alvarez de Pineda
200
This was the year that Cortez took the city of Tenochtitlan from the Aztec leader Montezuma, creating the birth of 'New Spain'
What is 1521
200
This was the name of the Aztec capital, what is present day Mexico City
What is Tenochtitlan
200
This time measuring tool sequences events in an orderly fashion, typically from oldest to most recent.
What is a Timeline
200
This landform is described as an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a relatively flat top
What is a Butte
300
Which Explorer was enslaved by Native Indians and lived among them for several years only to later escape and make his way back to Spanish held Mexico. He later wrote about his travels and they are some of the earliest primary source documents about Texas that exist today?
Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
300
This was the year that Pineda created the first map of the Texas coastline.
What is 1519
300
Cortez sailed with hundreds of soldiers on 11 ships to conquer the Aztec empire from this island
What is Cuba
300
This is a term used for applying a precise or exact date to an event in our history.
What is Absolute Chronology
300
This Native Texan culture relied heavily on buffalo and were nomadic, packing up their tipis and moving anywhere their food source went
What is the Plains Indians
400
This Spanish Explorer heard about stories of the fabled 'Seven Cities of Cibola' and searched throughout the Great Plains looking for his treasure; treasure that he never found.
Who is Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
400
This was the timeline that Cabeza de Vaca spent wandering through Texas. He was captured by Indians and after several years in slavery escaped and returned to Spanish held Mexico where he would write some of the first primary sources about Texas.
What is from 1528 - 1536
400
Instead of finding a sea passage to the West Indies, Columbus discovered this island nation
What is Hispaniola
400
Textbooks, Encyclopedias and Biographies are examples of these
What are Secondary Sources
400
This type of Grid System uses columns and rows, notated by numbers and letters, to give an idea of where something is located on a map
What is Alpha-Numeric
500
After landing in present day Mexico this Explorer heard reports of a wealthy empire in the region, the Aztecs. After making alliances with other indian groups in the area, the empire was overtaken and the capital city of Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City) was now under Spanish rule.
Who is Hernan Cortez
500
The French explorer La Salle traveled up and down the Mississippi river claiming all lands that drained into the great river in the name of France. He would later make a navigational error and land on the east Texas coast. He made several failed attempts to find the Mississippi but would die before ever seeing it again. What was the timeline for these events
What is from 1682 - 1685
500
This was the name of the Spanish port city that Columbus set sail from on his first voyage to the 'New World'
What is Palos
500
List four examples of Primary Sources
What are Artifacts, Photographs, Personal Letters and Newspaper Articles from that time period
500
What are the five ingredients to a good map
What is the Title, Scale, Legend/Key, Grid System and Compass Rose