Exploration of Texas

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1. Who searched through New Mexico and Texas for Cibola and the Seven Cities of Gold? Pineda Cortez De Soto Coronado

2. Who first explored the Texas coastline? Coronado DeVaca Pineda DeSoto

3. Which explorer landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519 and went inland toward the Aztecs? Moscoso DeLeon Pineda Cortez

4. Which explorer led the expedition from Florida to Texas but died at the Mississippi before reaching Texas? DeVaca DeSoto Cortez Moscoso

5. Which of the following Texas explorers claimed land in the name of France? DeSoto LaSalle Pineda DeLeon

6. Which explorer was shipwrecked off the coast of Texas and taken in by the Karankawa Indians? DeVaca DeLeon DeSoto Moscoso

7. Who guided Fray Marcos and DeVaca on each separate trip through the Texas area? DeLeon Moscoso Esteban Pineda

8. Did any of these explorers find the gold that they were looking for? Answer: (Yes or No)

9. Who was the first European to explore the interior of Texas? DeSoto DeVaca DeLeon Coronado

10. Which of the following countries did NOT explore or claim Texas? Mexico Spain England France