Early Explorers

Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas began which era?

• Age of Contact
• Age of Exploration
• Age of Revolution
• Age of Technology

Why was it difficult for people to travel across the oceans in the 1400s? 

• No electricity 
• Navigation tools were not accurate
• No one wanted to
• They already knew what was there

Where did Hernan Cortes land?

• Texas
• Florida
• Mexico
• California

What tribe did cast away's from Cabez de Vaca's crew meet with?

• Caddoe
• Tonkawas
• Karankawas
• Comanches

Cabeza de Vaca told of riches north of Mexico, what was the name of one of those cities

• Cibola
• Houston
• Tenochtitlan
• Quivira

Who were the other explorers from Spain to reach Texas?

• Columbus and La Salle
• Pineda and Cortes
• de Vaca and de Coronado
• Moscoso and Onate

Which present day states did Coronado explore? 

• Texas and Louisiana
• Texas and Mexico
• Louisiana and Oklahoma
• Texas and Oklahoma

What did Spain's discoveries in the new world show the rest of Europe? 

• There were opportunities in the Americas for settlements
• There were no opportunities in the Americans for settlements
• That the new world was too far to travel and not worth the time
• The technology was not there to travel that far

When La Salle failed the French were still able to establish trade with who?

• Spainish
• English
• American Indians
• Mexicans

Where did La Salle explore?

• 13 colonies
• Texas 
• Louisiana 
• Florida