Unit 3: Exploration and Colonization Eras

If you made a timeline of the history of Texas, where would you put the Era of Exploration?

• 1400s

• 1500s

• 1600s

• 1700s

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact?

• Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas

• American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers

• Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas

• Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold

Which of the following was characteristic of the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas?

• Forts were built to protect American Indian tribes in Texas

• American Indian tribes were discouraged from settling in Texas

• Missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to the land in Texas

• Spanish explorers negotiated treaties to trade and travel safely in Texas

How did Spain attempt to control Texas during the Spanish Colonial era?

• It gave large tracts of land to Spaniards who settled there

• it forced Native Americans out of their traditional lands

• it fought wars with the United States, Mexico, and France

• it established missions and military posts

Which of the following explorers was shipwrecked near Galveston after exploring Florida and getting caught in a hurricane?

• Robert La Salle

• Hernan Cortes

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?

• Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio

• Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast

• Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas

• Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards

Hernando de Soto and Moscoso's expedition traveled across Texas and other parts of the Americas to --

• take land from France

• settle new territories

• find gold for Spain

• convert native people to Islam

LaSalle: Mouth of Mississippi::Coronado: ____________

• Galveston Island

• Seven Cities of Gold

• Pike's Peak

• Passage to the Pacific

What did Coronado HOPE to find in Texas?

• Seven Cities of Gold

• buffalo herds

• a land passage to the Pacific

• all water route to New England

Which sequence of events is in correct chronological order?

• Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  Pineda maps Texas

  La Salle establshes Fort St. Louis

• Pineda maps Texas

  Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

• La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

  Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  Pineda maps the Texas coast

• Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas

  La Salle establishes Fort St. Louis

  Pineda maps Texas