units 3 & 4 test

Question 1

viceroy

Answer 1

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

Question 2

conquistador

Answer 2

helped to conquer and settle lands for that country

Question 3

province

Answer 3

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

Question 4

privateer

Answer 4

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

Question 5

stockade

Answer 5

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

Question 6

mission

Answer 6

built to convert and educate native peoples in Spanish culture and religion

Question 7

presidio

Answer 7

fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers

Question 8

1519

Answer 8

Pineda sees and maps the Texas Coast

Question 9

Columbus

Answer 9

Discovered new lands thought to be Asia

Question 10

Cortes

Answer 10

Built Mexico City in New Spain

Question 11

Pineda

Answer 11

first European to see the TX coast

Question 12

Narvaez

Answer 12

survivors of his expedition washed ashore in TX

Question 13

Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 13

First European to explore Texas

Question 14

Coronado

Answer 14

Searched for Cibola and Quivira

Question 15

La Salle

Answer 15

Murdered by his own men

Question 16

1718

Answer 16

San Antonio is discovered

Question 17

Spain vs. France

Answer 17

Spain feared French were taking territory considered to be New Spain

Question 18

Fort St. Louis

Answer 18

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

Question 19

Los Adaes

Answer 19

Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

Question 20

San Francisco de
los Tejas

Answer 20

First Mission in East Texas

Question 21

San Antonio de Valero

Answer 21

Mission chapel is known today as the Alamo

Question 22

Quivira

Answer 22

place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

Question 23

San Antonio de Bexar

Answer 23

Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas