Age of Contact

What country sent Hernando Cortes out to explore

• Cuba

• France

• Italy

• Spain

Hernando Cortes was sent to the Gulf of Mexico to explore Mexico, trade with people, and bring back enslaved Mexicans. What did he actually plan to do?

• Search for gold

• Take control of Mexico and set up an empire

• Enslave Mexican people and sell them to France

• Take control of Mexioc and then move north to conquer more land

Which Native American tribe took Cabeza de Vaca and is men in and later enslaved them?

• Zuni

• Tigua

• Karankawa

• Apache

What did Cabeza de Vaca do while he was visiting other tribes and performing healing ceremonies?

• Healed people

• Did rain dances

• Escaped

• Killed the Karanawa chief

Who was sent to search for the golden cities that Cabeza de Vaca had described and to build permanent colonies in North America for Spain?

• Hernando Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernando de Soto

• Robert La Salle

What did Robert La Salle claim for France?

• Present day Canada

• Present day Texas

• Cuba

• Present day California

Before 1682 Spain had failed to build any permanent settlements in Texas. What country did they fear would take control of Texas?

• Cuba

• England

• France

• Spain

Explain the meaning of "the era of the age of contact."

• This is how old Pineda when he mapped the Texas coast.

• The contact between European explorers and the American Indians.

• When France and Spain first touch land.

• This marks the beginning of modern civilization of Texas

Which explorer is not from Spain?

• Pineda

• Coronado

• Narvaez

• La Salle

Who was shipwrecked on the Texas coast?

• Pineda

• Cabaza de Vaca

• Coronado

• Cortez