Week 9: Explorers

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was...

• a really good guy.

• a Spanish explorer.

• not my friend.

• a Texas traveler.

Some of the explorers were even captured and enslaved by...​ (a)  

• Americans.
• American Indians.
• Mexicans.
• Russians.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was

• born in America.

• born in a manger.

• born at the mall.

• born in Spain.

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was born in

• 1985.

• 1967.

• 1510.

• 1542.

Juan de Onate's family was...

• wealthy and owned a silver mine.

• hairy and ugly.

• silly and scary.

• a bunch robbers and thieves.

Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle was born in...

• a house.

• France.

• a mining town.

• Japan.

Using the drawing on the back page, answer the following question: What did La Salle claim for France?​ (a)  

• the mouth of the Mississippi
• that he had the nicest wig.
• America.

What is one thing the explorers were NOT looking for ...

• land

• water routes

• Snickers bars

• safe passage

Some of the explorers were hoping to find....​ (a)  

• monkeys.
• poisonous frogs.
• gold and wealth.
• rocks and pebbles.

Most of the explorers who were looking for gold and wealth...

• found it and became kings.

• never found it.

• got lost on the way.

• didn't have a map.