Exploration of Texas Vocab Quiz

Which of these is a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas?​ (a)  

• Conquistador
• Viceroy
• colonist

What do you call a journey that is undertaken by a group of people​ (a)  

• expedition
• conquistador
• presidio

What is travel undertaken in order to discover new resources called ​ (a)  

• exploration
• conquistador
• presidio

The three main reasons Europeans went exploring are ​ (a)  

• all of these
• gold
• god
• glory

What is a Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World called​ (a)  

• Viceroy
• conquistador
• mission

What is a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in an area called​ (a)  

• mission
• conquistador
• presidio

What is a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control called​ (a)  

• presidio
• mission
• conquistador

What do we call state-sponsored settlement of a people to new territories called​ (a)  

• colonization
• conquistador
• colony