Spanish Colonial Texas

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Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain's North American lands? Options: The Netherlands, Japan, England, France

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France

Front

A Catholic priest who belongs to a religious order is a

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Friar

Front

Most settlements, like missions and presidios, were built around what geographic feature? Options: Mountains, Plateaus, Rivers, Plains

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Rivers

Front

The missions were created to convert which group of people to the Catholic religion?

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Native Americans

Front

Priests/ Friars worked at the

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missions

Front

Soldiers worked at the Missions or Presidios?

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Presidios

Front

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage.

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Mestizo

Front

A spanish term for cowboy.

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Vaquero

Front

This town was founded as a halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas.

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San Antonio

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Tejano

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People of Mexican heritage living in Texas