European Explorers & Cabeza de Vaca review

Cabeza de Vaca is considered to be the first European to set foot in Texas.

• True

• False

Who wrote the first journal about life in Texas?

• Juan de Onate

• Francisco Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Robert La Salle

What is a conquistador?

• Spanish soldiers sent to conquer the New World.

• Spanish priests sent to spread Christianity.

• Spanish kings looking for new land.

• Spanish vaqueros who caught mustangs

All are reasons for Spanish exploration except

• gold

• God

• gumbo

• glory

Spanish explorers came to the New World for all of the following reasons except

• Wealth

• Spread their religion

• Power & prestige

• Escape religious persecution

Which European country was the first to stake claim to Texas during the Age of Contact?

• Mexico

• Spain

• France

• England

All of the following are fundamental (important) reasons for Spanish exploration except...

• Trade throughout Asia

• Wealth is measured by the amount of gold one possesses

• Acquired land expands mother country

• Building missions spread religion

A period of time marked by significant people, events, or changes

• Era
• Adobe
• Territory
• Absolute chronology

Spanish explorers who came to North, Central, and South America for God, gold, and glory. 

• natives 
• indigenous
• conquistadors
• nomads

People who were already living in the areas that the Europeans "discovered," or another word for indigenous.

• natives

• explorers

• conquistadors

• mastadons