European Explorers and Missions Review

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Europeans explorers of Texas were strongly motivated by-

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an intense competition between nations to claim land and find gold.

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Europeans explored The New World for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to— seek riches, seek new lands, spread religion

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learn from the Native Americans

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After hearing stories about the Seven Cities of Gold, which explorer was one of the first to travel across Northern Texas?

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Francisco Vásquez de Coronado

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Which explorer first explored Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona?

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

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This French explorer claimed part of Texas for his country and helped establish Fort St. Louis in Texas in 1685. Who was this explorer?

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Robert La Salle

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What was one of the accomplishments of La Salle?

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Found a path from Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Which of the following best explains Spain's motivation for becoming more serious about colonizing Texas?
- they heard that there was still gold in Texas that had not been claimed
- they wanted to be the first to establish trade with the Native Americans
- they wanted to keep France from claiming even more land than they already had.
- they were primarily trying to find natural resources to bring back home

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they wanted to keep France from claiming even more land than they already had.

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According to the map above, Spanish missions were started mainly in the -

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Coastal Plains Region

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According to the map above, Spanish missions were started near - stores, basins, mountains, rivers

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rivers

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Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons Catholic missions were established in Texas? To help LaSalle claim the land for France, To make Native Americans citizens of Spain., To convert Native Americans to Catholicism, To gain control over all the land on which each mission was built

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To help LaSalle claim the land for France