European Exploration Test-DO NOT WRITE ON TEST!

1. What is the best title for the timeline above?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Cabeza de Vacas Exploration Through Texas

French Colonization of Texas
Pinedas Mapping of Texas
European Exploration of Texas

2. Which native tribe was Cabeza de Vaca most likely referring to in the excerpt?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Coahuiltecans
Caddos
Karankawas
Kiowa

3. Which of these best completes the diagram?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Establish Missions throughout Texas

Find riches in Texas
Remove the French
Map the Texas Coastline

4. What was one effect that the arrival of the Spanish had on Native American tribes of Texas?
A. Native Americans were forced to move further west to accommodate the growing Spanish
population.
B. Native Americans were introduced to new diseases that killed many of those who came into contact
with the Spanish.
C. Native Americans began to assimilate with the Spanish to create a new cultural group.
D. Native Americans of the plains regions helped the Spanish learn how to survive in the harsh Texas
conditions.

I.

La Salle builds the French settlement of Fort St. Louis

II. Pineda creates the first map of the Texas Coast

III. Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked in Texas, enslaved by Native Americans, and escapes to write a
book.
5. Put the above events in chronological order.
A. I, II, III
B. III, II, I
C. II, III, I
D. II, I, III

Enslaved by Native
Americans after
becoming
shipwrecked on
modern day
Galveston Island

Made his way to

Spanish
settelment of
Cualican, Mexico

6. Which statement would best complete the diagram above about Cabeza de Vacas journey through
Texas?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Traveled to find the mouth of the Mississippi River

Wrote La Relacion and traded and lived with the Karankawa people
Wrote a book about his time with the Karankawas called La Relacion
Traveled to find Cibola

7. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda created the first map of the coast of Texas in the yearA.
B.
C.
D.

1492
1519
1645
1682

8. In which era did the Spanish explorers come to the Americas?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Natural Texas & Its People

The Age of Contact
Mexican National Era
Spanish Colonial

I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.

Cabeza de Vaca
Coronade
La Salle
Moscoso
Onate
Pineda

9. Put the above European Explorers in the correct order to show the relative chronology when they reached
Texas.
A.
B.
C.
D.

I, IV, V, III, II, VI

VI, I, V, III, I, II
VI, I, II, IV, V, III
I, V, VI, II, IV, III

10. Which accomplishment is Onate best known for?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Mapped much of west Texas and Mexico

Established the settlement of El Paso del Norte
Discovered the city of Gold (Cibola)
1st to map Texas coastline

11. The collapse of La Salles colony in Texas by 1690 led to

A.
B.
C.
D.

French gaining complete control of Texas

Spain and French allying together to control Texas
Spain abandoning Texas
End of French control in Texas

12. Why did Moscoso turn back soon after entering East Texas?
A.
B.
C.
D.

They were running low on food and supplies

Native Americans attacked them
The French attacked them
They ran into bad weather

13. Which Spanish explorer established Spain as a dominate power in the Americas including building the
capital city of the Spanish empire, Mexico City.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Pineda
Cortez
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado

14. Which Spanish explorer journeyed through the Panhandle of Texas?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Pineda
Cortez
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado

15. Which Spanish explorers route took him west/east across the state of Texas?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Pineda
Cortez
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado

[The Karankawa] are all warriors and so astute in guarding themselves from an enemy as if trained
in continuous wars and in Italy. When [they settle] in places where their enemies can offend them,
they set their lodges on the edge of the roughest and densest timber and dig a trench close to it in
which they sleep. The men at arms are hidden by brushwood and have their loopholes, and are so
well covered and concealed that even at close range they cannot be seen.
from The Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and His Companions From Florida to the Pacific (1528-1542)
1. Astute: shrewd, crafty
2. Offend: to attack, injure
3. Loopholes: An open space in a shelter through which fighters can shoot

16. Read the excerpt above and answer the following question:

What can you infer about Cabeza de Vaca opinion regarding the Karankawas fighting skills?
A.
B.
C.
D.

They are not capable of defending themselves

They would be easily seen by the enemy
They fight like it was their first war
They are experienced fighters

17. Read the excerpt above and answer the following question:
What evidence from the text best demonstrates that Cabeza de Vacas had previous knowledge of skills needed
fighting in wars?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The men at arms are hidden by brushwood

As if trained in continuous wars and in Italy
When in places where their enemies can offend them
He has no knowledge of what it takes to fight in wars

1492Columbus
crosses
the
Atlantic;
lands on
Hispanola

1519Alvarez
de
Pindeda
maps the
Texas
coast

1528Cabeza
de Vaca
lives with
Native
American
s in Texas

1598Onate
founds a
settlemen
t: El Paso
del Norte

1682-La
Salle
explores
the
Mississipp
i River

18. Which of the following questions is answered by information the timeline above?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Where did Onate found a settlement?

From where did Columbus set sail on his first voyage?
When did Cabeza de Vaca die?
When did LaSalle arrive from France?

1685-La
Salle
founds
Fort St.
Louis-First
French
Settleme
nt in
Texas

19. Use absolute chronology to determine which of these events on the time line occurred after LaSalle
explored the Mississippi River.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Cabeza de Vaca lives with Native Americans in Texas

La Salle founds Fort St. Louis
Onate founds a settlement: El Paso del Norte
Colubus crosses the Atlantic, lands on Hispaniola.

20. Which explorer would you have most liked to went on an expedition with? Why?