Chapter 5 The Spanish Explore Texas

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Christopher Columbus’s voyage indicated a possible sea route to Asia.

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FALSE

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Conquistadores helped to conquer and settle lands in the Americas for Spain.

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TRUE

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The first Spanish settlement in an area of the Americas was usually a mission.

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TRUE

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca mapped the coastline from Florida to Texas in 1519.

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TRUE

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The Karankawa killed all of the Spanish who shipwrecked on an island near today’s Galveston.

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FALSE

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Which sequence explains how events in Europe in the 1400s led to the Age of Contact in Texas in the 1500s and 1600s? Options: Europeans search for sea routes to Asia → Spanish come to the Americas → Spanish conquistadores explore Texas

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Europeans search for sea routes to Asia → Spanish come to the Americas → Spanish conquistadores explore Texas

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What was the official name of the Spanish colonial territories in North and Central America?

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New Spain

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What was the purpose of Pánfilo de Narváez’s expedition?

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to gain lands between Florida and Mexico

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What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca’s journey through Texas in 1535–36?

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His stories encouraged other conquistadores to explore Texas.

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What did Cabeza de Vaca find on his journey through present-day Texas?

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Native Americans and bison