Europeans Explore Texas

Why were powerful kings and queens in Europe competing with each other during the 1400s?

• They wanted to expand, rule more land, and gain wealth.

• They wanted to expand and conquer the Aztec empire.

• They wanted to defeat each other and control the spice trade.

• They wanted to defeat each other and control Aztec wealth.

Hernán Cortés led an expedition of 500 soldiers from Spain that set out to conquer...

• the Zuni.

• the Aztecs.

• the Maya.

• the French.

Cabeza de Vaca returned to Spain and told the officials stories he had heard about

• Aztec gold, silver, and pearls.

• seven cities of gold called Cíbola.

• spices worth a fortune.

• a land of great riches called Quivira.

In 1598, Juan de Oñate crossed the Rio Grande at a place he called

• Louisiana.

• El Paso del Norte.

• Galveston Island.

• New Spain.

The French explorer known as La Salle had intended to start a new French colony

• in a land called Quivira.

• in one of the cities of Cíbola.

• at the mouth of the Mississippi River.

• along the southern coast of Texas.

What was one effect of Francisco Coronado's great expedition on the future settlement of Texas?

• Spain learned about a land of great riches called Quivira.

• Spain learned about the vast land of Texas and its people.

• Coronado conquered Texas for Spanish Mexico.

• Coronado conquered Quivira for Spanish Mexico.