Exploration of Texas

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

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

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

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 DeLeon Pineda LaSalle

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

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

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? DeVaca DeLeon DeSoto Coronado

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