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1. For which of these reasons did most of the European explorers of the Americas
record their experiences?
a. They were great scholars.
b. Writing was a way to pass the time during long expeditions.
c. They wanted to report their experiences to those at home.
d. They wanted to sell their stories as published works.
c. They wanted to report their experiences to those at home.
2. How did explorers usually seek to impress readers of their narratives?
a. by emphasizing the ease of their travels
b. by describing their day-to-day experiences
c. by using vivid poetic language
d. by stressing the difficulties they faced and the discoveries they made
d. by stressing the difficulties they faced and the discoveries they made
3. What is the main reason that readers need to be careful in assessing the accuracy of exploration narratives?
a. What the explorers saw was usually very difficult for them to describe.
b. The explorers wrote down their experiences years after they took place.
c. The narratives are very old.
d. The explorers saw the events through their own perspectives.
d. The explorers saw the events through their own perspectives.
4. In “A Journey Through Texas,” what body of water do Cabeza de Vaca and his party
encounter?
a. the Gulf of Mexico
b. the Atlantic Ocean
c. the Pacific Ocean
d. the Mississippi River
a. the Gulf of Mexico
5. Why are the people “of the cows” not raising maize when the Spanish arrive?
a. They have given up maize in favor of new crops introduced by the Europeans.
b. It has not rained for two years, and they have given up planting maize until it rains again.
c. They have heard of Spanish appropriations and do not want the Spaniards to take their maize.
d. They have no need of maize because of the abundance of wild crops.
b. It has not rained for two years, and they have given up planting maize until it
rains again.
6. Why do the natives in “A Journey Through Texas” send women with advance messages that the Spanish are coming?
a. Only women can travel safely among enemy groups.
b. The women are the only ones available for the journey.
c. The Spanish fear the men will attack them and demand that only women go.
d. The women know the terrain better than do the men.
a. Only women can travel safely among enemy groups.
7. Why are the Spaniards overjoyed to learn that the native peoples they will meet have permanent houses and evidently have ample food stocks?
a. They will be able to learn more about how the Indians live.
b. They will be able to secure provisions for their journey.
c. They will be able to bring food to the ill natives they have left behind.
d. They will be able to stay indefinitely in the houses.
b. They will be able to secure provisions for their journey.
8. According to Cabeza de Vaca, why do some of the natives request that the Spanish ask Heaven to send down rain?
a. They feel the Spanish have a special relationship with the heavenly powers.
b. They are desperate for rain and will seek help from any source.
c. They believe that the Spanish secretly have the knowledge to create rain.
d. They are attempting to flatter the Spanish.
a. They feel the Spanish have a special relationship with the heavenly powers.
9. According to Cabeza de Vaca, why do the native peoples greet the explorers with great ceremonies?
a. To the natives, the Spanish seem like heavenly beings and command great respect.
b. The natives are accustomed to greeting all visitors with lavish ceremonies.
c. The natives place great stock in complicated rituals.
d. The natives hope to make the Spanish allies against their enemies.
a. To the natives, the Spanish seem like heavenly beings and command great respect.
10. Which word in this sentence signals a reason: “They replied that they were afraid of losing the crops, since for two successive years it had not rained”?
a. that
b. since
c. for
d. successive
b. since
11. Which of the choices below list signal words in the following passage: “One night I went away to sleep out in the field apart from them; but they soon came to where I was, and remained awake all night in great alarm”?
a. one night, out in the field, all night
b. one night, soon, all night, in great alarm
c. one night, but, soon, in great alarm
d. one night, but, soon, all night
d. one night, but, soon, all night
12. Which aspect of Cabeza de Vaca’s account do you think is the least likely to be factually accurate?
a. the detail about the drought
b. the description of the natives’ cooking methods
c. the personal fears he reveals
d. the impression he gives of the natives’ awe for the Spanish
d. the impression he gives of the natives’ awe for the Spanish
13. What was the main purpose of the López de Cárdenas expedition?
a. to explore a river that the natives described to the Spanish
b. to make contact with additional groups of native peoples
c. to explore a geographical wonder
d. to colonize a new area
a. to explore a river that the natives described to the Spanish
14. What is the main reason that López de Cárdenas includes such detailed descriptions of the roughness of the terrain?
a. He feels that his ability to overcome the rough terrain will impress those to whom he is reporting.
b. The difficulty of crossing the terrain is totally unexpected.
c. The rough terrain directly affects the purpose of his expedition.
d. He has never encountered such rough terrain before.
c. The rough terrain directly affects the purpose of his expedition.
15. What relationship does the signal word as indicate in this passage: “They returned about four o'clock in the afternoon, as they could not reach the bottom”?
a. time
b. reason
c. contrast
d. direction
b. reason
16. What is the meaning of the word root -mort-?
a. death
b. life
c. build
d. strength
a. death
17. Which word below best completes the following sentence?
I _____ the chief to provide us with guides to show us the best way through the canyon.
a. dispatched
b. entreated
c. subsisted
d. feigned
b. entreated
18. Which word below is most nearly the same in meaning as traversed?
a. upset
b. contacted
c. reached
d. crossed
d. crossed
19. Which sentence below includes a verb in the past perfect tense?
a. They replied that they were afraid of losing the crops, since for two successive years it had not rained.
b. They said we should travel up the river toward the north.
c. As Don Pedro de Tovar had no other commission, he returned from Tusayán and gave his report to the general.
d. When he reached Tusayán, he was well received and lodged by the natives.
a. They replied that they were afraid of losing the crops, since for two successive years it had not rained.
20. Which of the suggestions below would result in the best use of verb tenses in the following sentence?
"When they marched for twenty days they arrived at gorges of the river."
a. Substitute had marched for marched and had arrived for arrived.
b. Just substitute had arrived for arrived.
c. Just substitute had marched for marched.
d. Make no changes in verb tense.
c. Just substitute had marched for marched.
21. Essay Question - What personal characteristics do you think an explorer must have? Did the Spanish explorers you read about have these characteristics? Write an essay in which you explain what you feel makes a successful explorer and whether you think the Spanish explorers meet your profile. Be sure to include examples from the narratives to support your evaluations.
Plan a response.
22. Essay Question - Write an essay comparing and contrasting the two exploration narratives. Which do you feel is the more accurate work in terms of presenting factual information? Which displays more curiosity about the newly encountered terrain and peoples? Which reveals more of the private feelings of the explorer? Be sure to cite details from the selections when you answer these questions.
Plan a response.
23. Essay Question - The Spanish depended on the natives they met for the success of their expeditions. Write an essay in which you list the ways the natives helped the Spanish and analyze the relationship between the two groups. Grounding your ideas in details from the selections, make a judgment on how the Spanish treated the natives they encountered, and speculate about how the natives would be treated in the future.
Plan a response.