Exploration and Colonization Quiz

“[The province of Quivira] is the best I have ever seen for producing all the products of Spain.. . the land itself being very fat and black and being very well watered by the rivulets and springs and rivers, . . . I have treated the natives of this province, and all the others whom I found wherever I went, as well as was possible, agreeably to what Your Majesty had commanded. . . . [T]here is not any gold nor any other metal in all that country, and the other things of which they had told me are nothing but little villages.”

—Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, letter to Charles I of Spain

In this excerpt, what does Coronado report that he has discovered?

• Some very rich land for farming

• The legendary 'Seven Cities of Cibola'

• Native peoples to enslave

• Vast gold and silver deposits

Click the two correct answer choices to fill in the blanks.

• Enslaved native populations

• Established Catholic missions

• Promoted political freedom

• Become commercial shipbuilders

What was the significance of Alonso Alvarez de Pineda exploration of the Texas coast?

• He defeated the Karankawas

• He befriended the Karanawas after being shipwrecked

• He made maps of the lands from Florida to Mexico

• He was able to land and build a mission for Spain

Who was the first Spaniard to explore the interior of Texas?

• Coronado

• De Soto

• Cortez

• Cabeza de Vaca

French expeditions in to what is now Texas showed France's interest in the area. The Spanish decided to protect their claim, they needed settlements there. Over the next several decades. Spain established military outposts called presidios, Catholic missions, and towns in lands occupied by Native Americans. These efforts by the Spanish in the late 1690s were the result of which French explorer's expedition?

• Jacques Cartier

• René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

• Simon François Daumont de Saint-Lusson

• Samuel de Champlain

Which examples list unalienable rights?

• Protection against unreasonable searches and seizures

• Public trial by a fair and impartial jury

• Freedom of religion, speech, and the press

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Determine whether the reasons for European exploration applied most to God, Gold, or Glory. Reason for European Exploration European interest in controlling the spice trade motivated them to search for a sea route to Asia. The European missionary spirt of spreading the Christian faith to other parts of the world. European rivalries between Spain, France, and England resulted in competition to claim distant lands to expand their empires.

• God, Glory, Glory

• God, God, Gold

• Gold, God, Glory

• Glory, Gold, God

Spanish officials knew settlers needed a midway point between Texas and New Spain. Which Spanish mission was founded in 1718 to meet the needs of the Spanish settlers in Texas?

• San Francisco de Los Tejas

• Corpus Christi de la Isleta

• San Antonio de Valero

• San Francisco de la Espada