Age of Contact

What important event occurred in 1718?

• France invaded Texas
• San Antonio de Valero was founded
• Fort St. Louis was founded.
• All missions in Texas closed

Which year would the headline above most likely have appeared in newspapers?

• 1519
• 1492
• 1519
• 1821

The Spanish explorers discovered that Cíbola was actually a —  

• poor Zuñi village
• desert
• group of mountains
• rich farmland region

· Wealth is measured by the amount of gold it possesses
·  Acquired land benefits the mother country
·  Mission to spread monotheistic religion

The ideas listed above were an underlying cause of —

• Spanish overseas expansion
• European religious wars
• the introduction of slavery to the New World
• the diffusion of the European banking system

How did Cabeza de Vaca and Estevanico survive while lost in Texas?

• They paid the Karankawas for food and shelter
• Both men died in Texas
• They adapted to the American Indian ways
• They hid from the American Indians and hunted and fished until rescued

The first African to explore Texas was

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• Hernán Cortés
• Estevanico

1.  The great conquistador who conquered the Aztec civilization, shipped vast amounts of gold back to Spain, and influenced more exploration in the Americas was —

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Estevanico
• Coronado
• Hernán Cortés

A river…(stretched) two leagues wide in which there fishes as big as horses..(T)he lord of the country took his afternoon nap under a great tree on which were hung a great number of little gold bells, which put him to sleep as they swung in the air.  (The lord) also said that…jugs and bowls were of gold. —the Turk
This excerpt by the Turk caused Coronado to —  

• go back to Spain because there was no gold
• travel many miles out of his way for a non-existent city of gold
• find golden treasures and become a famous conquistador in Spain
• share with the Turk all the riches found in Quivira

_{*French explorer
*Established Fort St. Louis
*Killed by his own men}
Which European explorer is described above?

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Coronado
• La Salle
• Moscoso

The settlement built by LaSalle in Texas was named ?

• Quebec
• Fort St. Louis
• Mississippi
• New Louisiana