Age of Exploration

Question 1

What happened in 1519?

Answer 1

Pineda sees and maps Texas coast

Question 2

What happened in 1718?

Answer 2

1.Spanish built the presidio San Antonio de Bexar
2. France declared war on Spain

Question 3

What was the 1st mission?

Answer 3

San Francisco De Los Tejas

Question 4

What were two accomplishments of San Francisco De Los Tejas?

Answer 4

1. Strengthened Spain’s claim on Texas
2. Showed Spain that a colony needed families to settle the land

Question 5

What purpose did San Antonio De Bexar?

Answer 5

It served as a midway settlement in between Rio Grande and East Texas

Question 6

What is San Antonio De Valero’s mission chapel known as?

Answer 6

The Alamo

Question 7

What is the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?

Answer 7

Los Adaes

Question 8

What is Hidalgo known for?

Answer 8

Asked the French to reopen missions.

Question 9

What is Massenet know for?

Answer 9

1. Wanted to build a mission for the Caddo people
2. Made the 1st mission, San Fransisco De Los Tejas

Question 10

What is De Jesus know for?

Answer 10

He opened the most successful mission .

Question 11

What is Escandon know for?

Answer 11

1. “Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley”
2. Made 20 settlements in Texas
3. More than 6,000 people lived in his settlements

Question 12

What is Aguayo know for?

Answer 12

1. Sent to drive France out after the Chicken War
2. Reopened many abandoned mission from the war
3. Established capital of Spanish Texas

Question 13

What was the Chicken War?

Answer 13

When France fought to take control of East Texas from Spain

Question 14

Why did Natives join missions?

Answer 14

For protection

Question 15

Why did the missions fail?

Answer 15

1. Natives showed little interest and did not want to be converted
2. Disease killed many natives in missions

Question 16

What was Cabeza De Vaca known for?

Answer 16

1. Crashed onto Galveston
2. journey initiated the Age of Contact
3. 1st European to explore Texas
4. Wrote stories of Texas that aided other explorers
5. From Spain
6. Took place around 1528

Question 17

What was Coronado known for?

Answer 17

1. Found Palo Duro Canyon
2. Took place around 1540
3. From Spain
4. Searched for gold based off of tales such as Quivira and Cibola

Question 18

What was La Salle known for?

Answer 18

1. From France
2. Took place around 1684
3. founded fort St. Louis
4. killed by his own men once they became unhappy
5. On his 1st voyage he claimed the Mississippi river for France, and on the 2nd trip he build the fort St. Louis along it.

Question 19

What was Narvaez known for?

Answer 19

1. Remnants of his crew were washed ashore and stranded in Texas
2. Took place around 1527
3. From Spain

Question 20

What was Pineda known for?

Answer 20

1. 1st European to see Texas coast
2. From Spain
3. mapped Texas coastline
4. Drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico
5. Took place around 1519

Question 21

What was Cortes known for?

Answer 21

1. From Spain
2. Took place around 1519
3. Built Mexico City
4. Conquered Aztecs

Question 22

What was Columbus known for?

Answer 22

1. From Spain
2. Took place around 1492
3. Inspired other explorers to go to the “New World”
4. “Discovered” America

Question 23

What was San Juan Bautista known for?

Answer 23

1. 2nd mission
2. Close to Rio Grande
3. Provided supplies
4. Listening post

Question 24

When was San Francisco De Los Tejas built?

Answer 24

June 1st, 1690