Age of Contact Practice

What was Christopher Columbus searching for when he began his expedition in 1492?

• New spices from India

• A faster trade route to Asia

• Gold in Africa

• A new continent

Identify the three main reasons for exploration:

• Increase wealth, expand empire, spread religion

• Find new spices, discover new animals, build new ships

• Establish new cities, create new maps, learn new languages

• Trade with local tribes, build new roads, find new plants

What were the Spanish soldier-explorers that came to the New World to search for gold and conquer land called?

• Navigators

• Conquistadores

• Pilgrims

• Settlers

Who conquered the Aztec empire and claimed present-day Mexico and parts of Texas for Spain?

• Francisco Pizarro

• Hernan Cortes

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Vasco da Gama

Who sailed along the Gulf coast and created the first map of the Texas coastline? In what year did he do this?

• Columbus; 1492

• Pineda; 1519

• Magellan; 1521

• Vespucci; 1507

Who shipwrecked along the Texas coast, lived amongst the Karankawa and wrote a first-hand account of his travels through Texas?

• Hernan Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Pizarro

• Juan Ponce de León

Who explored the Southwestern United States including the Great Plains in Texas as he searched for Cibola?

• Hernan Cortes

• Francisco Pizarro

• Francisco Coronado

• Vasco da Gama

What was the initial reason European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• To find gold

• To spread religion

• Faster trade route to Asia

• To escape war

Whose travels in Texas led to more exploration of North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Marco Polo

Why did Spain decide to establish settlements in Texas?

• To find gold

• They viewed the French settlement of Fort St. Louis as competition

• To spread Christianity

• To escape European conflicts