Age of Contact Review

List 3 reasons for exploration

• expand an empire's power

• spread Christianity

• increase wealth & natural resources

• add to their fleet of ships

Who built a French fort in Texas?

• LaSalle

• de Coronado

• de Vaca

Who captured the Aztec empire in Mexico?

• Cortes

• de Pineda

• de Vaca

• de Coronado

Who mapped the Texas coastline for the Spanish?

• Cortes

• de Pineda

• de Vaca

• de Coronado

Who explored Texas and lived among the Karankawa Indians?

• de Vaca

• Cortes

• de Pineda

• de Coronado

Who searched for Cibola and explored the southwestern U.S.?

• Cortes

• de Pineda

• de Vaca

• de Coronado

Conquistadors are Spanish soldier - explorers who hoped to claim wealth and territory during the Age of Contact.

• True

• False

De Vaca spent two years traveling through Texas looking for a home.

• True

• False

__________________ was the conquistador who established Spanish rule in Mexico.

• Cortes

• de Pineda

• de Vaca

• de Coronado

Columbus traveled across the Atlantic to find what?

• a new home

• a new route to Asia

• new friends