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How long did it take Cabeza de Vaca and his companions to get back to New Spain?
a) 6 years
b) 7 years
c) 5 years
d) 8 years
What happened that made the Indian population shrink in half?
a) New diseases
b) Hot summers
c) Cold winters
d) Hunting accidents
What new inventions helped Columbus navigate the Atlantic Ocean?
a) Compass
b) Astrolabe
c) Cross staff
d) all the above
How many did ships did Christopher Columbus set sail with on his trip across the Atlantic Ocean?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5
What did Coronado's soldiers find?
a) the Grand Canyon
b) the pueblos of the Rio Grande Valley
c) the continental divide
d) all of these
What did El Turco say about Quivira?
a) It lay far to the west.
b) It could be reached by water.
c) It was rich in gold.
d) It was on the Rio Grande.
This term refers to the Spanish king's agent in New Spain.
a) viceroy
b) governor
c) explorer
d) conquistador
What does Cibola mean?
a) It is the Spanish word for turquoise and emeralds.
b) It was the Spanish name given to the Grand Canyon.
c) It is the Spanish word for village or town.
d) It is the Spanish word for buffalo cow.
Why were Spaniards interested in land north of Mexico?
a) They wanted protection from Pueblo attacks.
b) The Indians were already Christians.
c) They wanted to find the seven cities of gold.
d) They hoped to hunt the buffalo.
What did Coronado find at Zuni?
a) the Grand Canyon
b) six of the seven cities of gold
c) six poor villages with beans and corn
d) a water foute to Cibola
Who were the conquistadors?
a) Aztec warriors
b) traders who sold goods to Indians
c) Spaniards who conquered vast areas of land
d) Franciscan missionaries
What did Cabeza de Vaca accomplish?
a) He converted thousands of Indians to Christianity.
b) He walked across two-thirds of North America.
c) He led the first expedition to the pueblos.
d) He found seven cities of gold.
What was Colombus seeking on his 1492 voyage?
a) a water route to Cibola
b) the gold of Cuba
c) a way to defeat the Moors
d) an all-water route to the Far East
This ship wrecked Spanish explorer walked across much of North America and saw a poor land.
a) Hernando Cortes
b) Marcos de Niza
c) Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
d) Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
This black Moor, former slave, and explorer died at Hawikuh.
a) Mariano
b) Kunta
c) Fernando
d) Estevan
This Indian princess helped the Spaniards conquer Mexico.
a) Pocahontas
b) Marina
c) Sacagawa
d) Isabella
This friar claimed to have seen seven cities of gold.
a) Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
b) Marcos de Niza
c) Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
d) Hernando Cortes
His expedition conquered the Aztec empire.
a) Hernando Cortes
b) Marcos de Niza
c) Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
d) Christopher Columbus
His voyages discovered America.
a) Estevan
b) Marcos de Niza
c) Christopher Columbus
d) Hernando Cortes
HIs expedition north added to geographical knowledge but found no cities of gold
a) Franciso Vasquez de Coronado
b) Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
c) Hernando Cortes
d) Marcos de Niza
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