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1 Name Period Test Date September 20. Review Sheet Exploration and Colonization (Chapters 5 and 6) Chapter 5 Early Explorers of Texas 1. Why did Europeans want to find new trade routes to India and East Asia? (page 122) Europeans wanted to avoid paying high fees to the Ottoman Empire for use of land routes across the Middle East. 2. Why did Columbus journey across the Atlantic? (page 122) Columbus wanted to find a western trade route to Asia. 3. What did the Spaniards name the their territory in the Americas? (page 123) New Spain 4. What is a conquistador? (page 123) a Spanish soldier explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas 5. What did Alvarez de Pineda achieve in 1519? (page 124) studied and mapped the coastline of Texas 6. What was Panfilo de Narvaez goal? (page 125) hope to conquer the area between Florida and Mexico 7. What did Cabeza de Vaca do to encourage additional expeditions of the Americas? (page 125) He told stories about what he saw in Texas and tales of golden cities.

2 8. What is a viceroy? Who was the viceroy of New Spain? (page 128) is an official who rules in the king or queen s name, usually over a very large territory or colony Antonio de Mendoza 9. What did Coronado think was the city of Cibola? (page 128) Zuni village 10. What conclusion did Coronado make about Texas? (page 130) soil would be good for farming but no gold was found 11. How did El Paso del Norte get its name? (page 131) a pass between two mountain ranges 12. What was the reason for Juan de Onate s expedition? (page 131) to create settlements on the upper Rio Grande 13. What are countries, besides Spain, had established colonies in the Americas? (page 132) England, France and the Netherlands (Dutch) 14. Why did La Salle want to create a French colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River? (page 133) would act as a base to capture silver mines in northern New Spain 15. Why was Fort St. Louis a threat to Spain? (page 133) gave the a French a claim to Texas 16. How did La Salle s efforts affect France? (page 135)

3 established trade with Native Americans 17. How did the French Fort St. Louis in Texas affect Spain? (page 135) resumed exploration and settlement in Texas area of New Spain Chapter 6 Spanish Colonial Texas 18. Describe the Spanish Colonial Era. (page 143) Spain built missions, presidios and towns to protect its colonies in the Americas. 19. After Alonso de Leon s expedition, what did Father Damian Massanet achieve? (page ) He received permission to build a mission in East Texas among the Tejas.

4 20. What setbacks did the missions faced in East Texas? (page 145) crops failed and disease killed Native Americans and some friars 21. What did the mission of San Francisco de los Tejas accomplish? (page 146) strengthened Spain s claim to Texas and made Spain realize a successful colony needed families to settle the land 22. Why was San Juan Bautista successful? (page 146) near a water source and important crossings 23. Why did the Father Francisco Hidalgo write the French governor of Louisiana? (page 147) asked the French to build a mission among the Tejas 24. What Father Antonio Margil de Jesus best known for in Texas? (page 148) created the most successful missions 25. Why was the mission established at San Antonio in 1718? (page 149) midway point between settlements along the Rio Grande and the new East Texas missions 26. What effect did families have on the settlement of Texas? (page 150) helped towns grow 27. What was Jose de Escandon known as the Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley (page 150) because he established 20 settlements in the area

5 28. Why did the settlement of East Texas stop in the late 1710s? (page 150) France declared war on Spain 29. What did Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo accomplish? (page 152) established missions and presidios and ended the French threat to Texas 30. Over what issue did the friars (priest) and soldiers disagree? (pages ) how to treat the Native Americans 31. How did families affect the growth of settlements? (page 155) attracted craft workers, merchants, and teachers 32. Why is the Spanish Colonial period also a story of Texas diversity? (page 156) races and cultures mingled and mixed creating language, custom and traditions still influencing Texas today 33. Why did a unique culture develop in Texas? (page 156) because of the distance from Mexico 34. Which culture still impacts and influences Texas today? (page 156) Tejanos 35. Why did some of the Spanish missions fail? (page 157) Native Americans disinterest and disease

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