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Age of Contact

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  • Q1
    What is the offical name of the exploration era?
    Age of Reason
    Revolutionary War
    Age of Contact
    Age of Enlightenment
    30s
  • Q2
    Which of the following is NOT true about Cortes?
    He conquered the Aztec.
    He was a Spaniard.
    He is known as a conquisatador.
    He was the first to explore South Texas.
    30s
  • Q3
    In what year did Columbus land in the West Indies?
    1718
    1607
    1492
    1519
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following explored for France?
    La Salle
    Narvaez
    Pineda
    de Soto
    30s
  • Q5
    Tenochtitlan is now known as ---.
    Puerto Vallerta
    Mexico City
    Alcapulco
    Juarez
    30s
  • Q6
    ---- was founded in 1718.
    San Antonio
    Matagorda Bay
    Wichita Falls
    Mexico City
    30s
  • Q7
    ---- was the first to map the coastline of Texas.
    de Soto
    Pineda
    La Salle
    Moscoso
    30s
  • Q8
    ---- wrote a book about what his experience in Texas.
    Cabeza de Vaca
    Pineda
    Columbus
    Coronado
    30s
  • Q9
    Which of the following was NOT a main goal of the Spanish?
    to spread Christianity
    to find gold
    to achieve glory
    to find good land for fur trapping
    30s
  • Q10
    Who was the leader of the Aztec when Cortes arrived?
    Powhatan
    Monteczuma
    Geronimo
    Tucumseh
    30s
  • Q11
    Members of the Narvaez Expedition were the first Europeans ----.
    to explore the Rio Grande
    to explore the Great Plains
    to map the Texas coast
    on Texas soil
    30s
  • Q12
    What did the Cities of Cibola turn out to be?
    a French settlement
    a Native American hunting ground
    the Grand Canyon
    a Zuni pueblo
    30s
  • Q13
    What disease was the worst of those brought by the Europeans?
    smallpox
    covid
    mumps
    measles
    30s
  • Q14
    La Salle claimed the ---- for France.
    the Yucatan Peninsula
    Mississippi River
    Gulf of Mexico
    Rio Grande River
    30s
  • Q15
    Who landed in Matagorda Bay?
    Pineda
    de Soto
    La Salle
    Cabeza de Vaca
    30s

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