Explorers And Missions

Question 1

Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

Answer 1

San Antonio de Bexar

Question 2

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

Answer 2

Los Adaes

Question 3

First Mission in East Texas

Answer 3

San Francisco de los Tejas

Question 4

Mission Chapel is known today as the Alamo

Answer 4

San Antonio de Valero

Question 5

place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

Answer 5

Quivira

Question 6

Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

Answer 6

Fort St. Louis

Question 7

_____ were built to house soldiers who protected settlers

Answer 7

Presidios

Question 8

When the ships reached Haiti, a Spanish _______ captured one of the French vessels.

Answer 8

Privateer

Question 9

La Salle and his men built Fort St. Louis. It was not truly a settlement but a _____

Answer 9

stockade

Question 10

_____ were founded to convert and educate the native peoples in the Spanish culture and religion.

Answer 10

Missions

Question 11

Spain’s highest-ranking official in New Spain was ____ Antonio de Mendoza.

Answer 11

viceroy

Question 12

Coronado was a young noble who had been named governor of one of the ______ of New Spain.

Answer 12

provinces

Question 13

Spanish ______ helped to conquer and settle lands for Spain

Answer 13

conquistadors

Question 14

La Salle led an expedition to _______ the entire length of the Mississippi River.

Answer 14

Navigate

Question 15

What year did Christopher Columbus explore

Answer 15

1492

Question 16

What number is this event, Columbus discovers the Americas.

Answer 16

2

Question 17

What number is this event, Conquistadores map the coastline while searching for the Northwest Passage.

Answer 17

3

Question 18

What number is this event, Conquistadors explore the interior of Texas.

Answer 18

4

Question 19

What number is this event, The French build a fort in Texas.

Answer 19

5

Question 20

Which region separated Spanish land

Answer 20

New France

Question 21

What were the two main reasons missions failed?

Answer 21

Native American Disinterest
Disease

Question 22

What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live the in the missions?

Answer 22

for protection from enemies

Question 23

What year did Alonso Alvarez de Pineda explore

Answer 23

1519

Question 24

What year did Hernan Cortes explore

Answer 24

1519

Question 25

What year did Panfilo de Narvaez explore

Answer 25

1527

Question 26

What type of explorer was Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, and Panfilo de Narvaez

Answer 26

Spain/Spanish

Question 27

Who Discovered new lands thought to be Asia

Answer 27

Christopher Columbus

Question 28

Who inspired explorers to sail West

Answer 28

Christopher Columbus

Question 29

Who conquered Aztec Empire for Spain

Answer 29

Hernan Cortes

Question 30

Who built Mexico City in New Spain

Answer 30

Hernan Cortes

Question 31

who mapped the Texas coastline

Answer 31

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Question 32

who was first European to see the TX coast

Answer 32

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Question 33

who drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other explorers

Answer 33

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Question 34

whos survivors of his expedition were stranded in Texas

Answer 34

Panfilo de Narvaez

Question 35

whos survivors of his expedition washed ashore in TX

Answer 35

Panfilo de Narvaez

Question 36

who Wrote stories about Texas that inspired future explorers.

Answer 36

Cabeza De Vaca

Question 37

whos journey began the Age of Contact

Answer 37

Cabeza De Vaca

Question 38

who was the European to explore Texas

Answer 38

Cabeza De Vaca

Question 39

who was Shipwrecked on the Texas Coast

Answer 39

Cabeza De Vaca

Question 40

when did Cabeza De Vaca explore

Answer 40

1528

Question 41

What type of explorer was Cabeza De Vaca and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Answer 41

spanish

Question 42

who discovered Palo Duro Canyon

Answer 42

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 43

who searched for Cibola and Quivira

Answer 43

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 44

when did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explore

Answer 44

1540

Question 45

who was Murdered by his own men

Answer 45

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Question 46

who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France

Answer 46

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Question 47

who Established Fort St. Louis

Answer 47

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Question 48

when did Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle explore

Answer 48

1684

Question 49

who Asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 49

Father Francisco Hidalgo

Question 50

who was the Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 50

Damian Massanet

Question 51

who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo people of East Texas?

Answer 51

Damian Massanet

Question 52

who opened the most successful mission in East Texas?

Answer 52

Antonio Margil de Jesus

Question 53

who was the father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Answer 53

Jose de Escandon

Question 54

More than 6,000 people lived in his settlement

Answer 54

Jose de Escandon

Question 55

who founded 20 settlements in southern Texas

Answer 55

Jose de Escandon

Question 56

who sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War

Answer 56

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

Question 57

who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

Answer 57

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

Question 58

who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War

Answer 58

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

Question 59

Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands?

Answer 59

New France