European Explorers-Empresario System Review

What year did Pineda make the above map of the Texas coast and Spain found its North American settlement?

• 1492

• 1519

• 1718

• 1776

Using the passage, which of the following statement is accurate?

• Most explorers wrote detailed journals about their experiences

• Cabeza de Vaca recorded more about Native American culture than other explorers

• Cabeza de Vaca followed the footsteps of other great explorers across Texas.

• Cabeza de Vaca never learned the locations of various tribes.

Which three rivers form part of the Texas border?

• Pecos River, Canadian River, Brazos

• Neches River, Trinity, River, Red River

• Rio Grande, Colorado River, Red River

• Red River, Sabine River, Rio Grande

Friar is to mission as ______________ is to presidio.

• soldiers

• farmers

• Native Texans

Based on the map of the Louisiana Purchase, what happened to the size of the United States?

• got smaller

• stayed the same size

• tripled in size

• doubled in size

General Joaquin Arredondo killed nearly all of the filibusters of the Rebel army in San Antonio in 1813. What was the name of the battle?

• Battle of Mexico

• Battle of Brazos

• Battle of Medina

• Battle of Trinity

Which historical event is best represented by the painting?

• Grito de Dolores

• Chicken War

• Give me Liberty or Give me Death!

• Line in the Sand

Identify the culture group represented in Visual W.

• Gulf Coastal

• Southeastern

• Pueblo

• Plains

This tribe was located in the Great and Central Plains and used every part of the buffalo.

• Comanche

• Jumano

• Caddo

• Karankawa

Christopher Columbus' expedition to find a water route to India ended in failure, but his journey did have an indirect effect on Texas because-

• the New World was opened to Spanish exploration

• Spanish explorers traveled throughout Texas and found vast amounts of gold.

• French explorers made the first claim on Texas.

• the French explorer La Salle was the first European to map the Rio Grande.