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Chapter 5 Test Review
Texas History
Name _____________
Identify the following:
1. the African guide killed by the Zuni in 1539
Estevanico
2. widespread outbreaks of disease called
Epidemics
3. royal governor of New Spain
Viceroy
4. conqueror of the Aztec
Cortes
5. Spanish adventurer whose expedition ended in shipwreck on the Texas coast
Panfilo de Narvaez
6. wild offspring of Spanish horses
Mustangs
7. founder of New Mexico
Juan de Onate
8. Spanish soldiers and adventurers in search of gold, glory, and land
Conquistadores
9. Spaniard who spent eight years among the Texas Indians in the 1500s
Cabeza de Vaca
10. ruler of the Aztec empire
Moctazuma II
11. Spanish queen who supported the Columbus expedition
Queen Isabella
12. that which brought European diseases to the New World
Columbian Exchange
13. explorer first sent by the Viceroy of New Spain to find the lost cities of gold
Fray Marcos de Niza
14. Spanish explorer who assumed command after De Soto’s death and first explored East Texas
Luis de Moscoso Alvarado
15. Spaniard who spent two years exploring Florida and what is now the southeastern United States
Hernando de Soto
Short Answer:
16. What were Europeans willing to pay high prices for to preserve and improve their food?
Spices
17. How were silks and other Asian goods obtained in the 1400s which added to the cost?
Over land routes
18. Which Italian sailor believed he could reach Asia by sailing west?
Columbus
19. On what island did Columbus first land?
The Bahamas-historians aren’t sure exactly which one
20. What did Spain want to take to the New World?
Christianity
21. What did Spanish conquistadores first conquered?
Caribbean Islands
22. In 1519, Cortés sailed from Cuba to where?
Present day Mexico
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23. Cortes was assisted in his conquest of the Aztec empire by whom?
An Indian woman named Malinche
24. What was the capital of the Aztec empire called?
Tenochtitlan
25. What did Cortés build over the ruins of the Aztec capital?
The capital of New Spain-Mexico City
26. Where was much of the Aztec treasure including gold and silver taken?
Back to Spain
27. The first expedition to sail around the world was initially headed by whom?
Ferdinand Magellan
28. Magellan sought a southern waterway to where?
To the Pacific Ocean
29. Who was the Spanish explorer who spent years wandering around Texas living with the Karankawa and other Indians?
Cabeza de Vaca
30. Who was the North African who was skilled at communicating with different American Indian groups and helped
other explorers survive life in Texas?
Estevanico
31. What did Fray Marcos report to Mexico City that he had found?
Cibola-the 7 cities of gold
32. Who led a large expedition to find and conquer Cibola?
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
33. What Fray Marcos had thought were wealthy cities really turned out to be what?
Zuni Pueblo Indian villages
34. Juan de Oñate was given permission to settle an area that became know as what?
New Mexico
35. How did thousands of American Indians die due to the Europeans?
Because of diseases brought by Europeans
36. What were the wild horses descended from those brought by the Spanish called?
Mustangs
37. What did the Spanish call the part of the Texas plains ruled by the Apache?
Apacheria
38. What did the Apache use to make shelter, clothing, and shields?
Buffalo skins
39. Where did the Pánfilo de Narvaéz expedition wreck its ships?
On the Texas coast
40. What was the royal governor of New Spain called?
Viceroy
Possible Essays:
What happened to the Aztec Empire?
In 1519, Cortes sailed from Cuba with soldiers to invade what is now Mexico. When they landed,
Cortes burned his boats so his men could not retreat. Then, learning of the Aztec and their treasures,
Cortes marched on Tenochtitlán. Moctezuma, the Aztec ruler, offered gifts and peace, but the Spanish
captured him and went to war with the Aztec. Finally in 1521, they were successful. Tenochtitlán was
destroyed and Cortes built Mexico City on the ruins. Much of the Aztec treasure was sent to Spain.
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Explain the Columbian Exchange.
The Columbian Exchange is the name given to the process by which Europeans brought many things
including animals, plants, and diseases to the Americas. In exchange, they took animals and plants back
to Europe. Horses, pigs, chickens, and cows arrived from Europe. From the Americas, Europeans
obtained avocados, tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco and peppers. The diseases brought by Europeans cost
large numbers of Native Americans their lives, as they had no prior exposure or immunity to them.