First Nine Weeks Common Assessment

Which city is NOT located on the Rio Grande and the South Texas Plains?

• Austin

• Brownsville

• Laredo

• Eagle Pass

How did the formation of glaciers result in the first Europeans coming to America?

• Sea levels rose and flooded coastal areas

• a land brisge formed between Asia and America

• the Bering Strait was created

• two masses of land were divided

How do archaeologists know about Native Americans who lived in Texas around 11,000 BC?

• by studying their artifacts

• by reading their written records

• by studying early European maps

• by studying people in Texas today

What is an artifact?

• an object scientists study to learn about the past

• pottery, bones, tools

• an object made by humans

• all of these

After the bison disappeared, how did the way of life of the plains people change?

• they moved to reservations and their way of life changed

• they moved from the plains to the mountains

• they merged with other native peoples

• they became peaceful traders

What was the name of the Spanish Empire in the Americas?

• Mexico

• Tenochtitlan

• Texas

• New Spain

What was the affect of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas in 1535-36?

• He became very wealthy because the gold and minerals he found

• He founded the settlement of Galveston

• His stories encouraged other conquistadors to explore Texas

• His expeiton discouraged the French from settling Texas

What was the affect of the establishment of Fort St. Louis on Spain?

• Spain joined forces with France

• Spain abandoned eastern Texas

• New Spain fell to the French

• Spain's interest in East Texas Grew

Match the explorers and their accomplishments.

• De Soto

• He was shipwrecked on Galveston and was saved by the Karankawa. His stories inspired future explorations

• Narvaez

• planned to explore Florida but his ship was caught in a storm and he drowned

• Moscoso

• He planned to explore FLorida to Mexico but died of Fever along the way. He explored the SOUTHEASTERN portion of the United States.

• Cabeza de vaca

• He set out to find Cibola, the 7 cities of gold. he explored the SOUTHWESTERN portion of the United States

• Coronado

• He took command after the death of DeSoto. He led the troops to Texas but eventually returned to Mexico/ New Spain.

Match the Explorer and terms to their meaning.

• Navigation Tools

• He was the last conquistador, founded Santa Fe and El Paso, and was considered a HARSH leader.

• La Salle

• French explorer who founded "Louisiana" & Fort St. Louis (by accident) in Texas. His settlement caused Spain to focus on East Tx.

• Pineda

• Gold, God, Glory

• Onate

• These allowed Explorers to travel across open water to reach the Asia but instead found the Americas

• 3 G's

• He was the first to map the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, 1519