Age of Contact

What is a Conquistador?

• An official who rules in the name of a king or queen

• A catholic priest who belongs to a religious order

• A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain

• A fort or military outpost

In the year 1519, the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas Coast were mapped by which explorer?

• Pineda

• Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Coronado

This conquistador discovered Palo Duro Canyon in his journey from Mexico looking for the 7 cities of gold…

• Pineda

• Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Cortes

Hernan Cortes, Cabeza de Vaca, and Francisco Coronado are all examples of what?

• Conquistadors

• Missions

• Friars

• Viceroys

Pick the answer choice that has the following expeditions in chronological order.

• Cabeza de Vaca, La Salle, Coronado, Pineda

• La Salle, Cabeza de Vaca, Pineda, Coronado

• Pineda, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle

• Coronado, Cabeza de Vaca, Pineda, La Salle

What is a presidio?

• Governing council

• Mission

• Government official

• A Spanish fort or military post

What is the purpose of a presidio?

• To protect a mission

• To convert natives to Catholicism

What is the purpose of a mission?

• To protect the presidio

• To convert natives to Catholicism

Why did the Spanish start building missions? (besides spread religion)

• La Salle and the French set up a colony in Texas

• Stories of Cibola ignite the Spanish interest in Texas

What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?

• It was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio

• It was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast

• It was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas

• It was a disease that killed many Spaniards