Explorers and Constitution Day Test Review

Question 1

What settlement was founded after Onate expedition to the upper Rio Grande river?

Accepted Answer

Sante Fe

Question 2

How many branches of the US government are there?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 3

Which event happened FIRST?

Accepted Answer

Columbus lands on Hispaniola

Question 4

What is the best description for why the Spanish named El Paso after Onate's expedition?

Accepted Answer

location between two Mountain Ranges along the Rio Grande

Question 5

Which of the following events happened LAST?

Accepted Answer

LaSalle established Ft. St. Louis

Question 6

Congress is part of which branch of government?

Accepted Answer

Legislative

Question 7

Which correctly orders the Spanish explorers from earliest to latest exploration?

Accepted Answer

Columbus, Pineda, De Vaca, Onate

Question 8

Which explorer introduced the idea of traveling west by water to East India and Asia?

Accepted Answer

Dias

Question 9

What place did Coronado reach that he thought might be the city of Cibola?

Accepted Answer

Zuni settlement of mud and stone

Question 10

Which explorer began the Age of Contact

Accepted Answer

De Vaca

Question 11

Which of the following suggests a rivalry between Spain and France?

Accepted Answer

Spanish privateers were hired to attack French ships

Question 12

What motivated the Spanish to explore in the New World?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 13

Where did De Vaca arrive safely in 1536?

Accepted Answer

Tenochtitlan (Mexico City)

Question 14

The Executive branch of government is headed by whom?

Accepted Answer

President

Question 15

Who claimed and settled the Rio Grande Valley for Spain?

Accepted Answer

Onate

Question 16

Which explorer began the Age of Exploration?

Accepted Answer

Columbus

Question 17

What was the effect of the establishment of Ft. St. Louis on Spain?

Accepted Answer

Spain became refocused on exploring and settling east Texas

Question 18

Which of the following shows that La Salle himself acted to challenge Spain?

Accepted Answer

La Salle wanted to capture silver mines in New Spain

Question 19

Congress includes two parts. What are they?

Accepted Answer

Senate and House of Represetatives

Question 20

What caused Cabeza de Vaca to change course and head west into the desert?

Accepted Answer

He heard rumors of dangerous natives if he continued south.

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