Native Texans & Explorers

Many native Americans were forced into this practice. This is a practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay.

• conquistador

• colony

• slavery

• expedition

Which explorer became the first to map the Texas Coast and to reach present-day Texas?

• Hernan Cortes

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

In 1528, this Spanish explorer wrote about his experiences in a journal that historians used to discover his accomplishments.

• Hernan Cortes

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Which explorer was sent by Spain to find the seven cities of gold and who sent scouting parties throughout the Southwest ?

• Francisco Coronado

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

In 1540, who gathered more that 600 Spaniards to set out to find gold, but whose contact had devastating effects on Native Americans?

• Hernando De Soto

• Hernan Cortes

• Alonso Alvarez

• Christopher Columbus

In 1682, this French fur trader explored the Mississippi River all the way down to the Gulf Coast and claimed it for France.

• Hernan Cortes

• Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

• Francisco Coronado

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Spanish explorers and soldiers who conquered and claimed large amounts of land for Spain in the Americas and gained wealth and glory for themselves.

• Conquistadors

• Immigrants

• Colonists

• Adventurers

Which of the following explorers first reached the island near Florida and was backed by the kind and queen of Spain?

• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

• Christopher Columbus

• Hernan Cortes

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

This is a settlement of people who have moved to another country but are still ruled by their home country.

• slavery

• expedition

• conquistador

• colony

How were Puebloan and Southeastern Indian groups similar?

• Groups in both areas were nomadic.

• Groups in both areas receive a lot of rain.

• Groups in both areas fished in the gulf.

• Groups in both areas farmed.