spanish explorers and missions in texas

What are the three components of the Spanish Colonial System?

• Villages, Forts, and churches
• governors, explorers, and friars
• explorers, kings, and settlers
• missions, presidios, and settlements

Pineda is credited with mapping the coastline in 

• 1492
• 1539
• 1519
• 1860

Fort St. Louis inspired the Spanish to

• leave Texas
• settle the missions faster
• build a larger Navy
• build more presidios

Why did the Spanish Colonial system fail?

• miles between the missions
• harsh environmental conditions
• too many hostile Native Americans
• all of the above

The Alamo is known as

• The El Paso
• San Juan Bautista
• THE Mission
• San Antonio de Valero

Which French Explorer built a fort in Texas in the 1680's?

• Columbus
• Moscoso
• La Salle
• Onate

Which explorer wrote a book about his experiences as a slave in Texas among the Native Americans?

• Onate
• Cabeza de Vaca
• Cortez
• Coronado

Where did Cabeza de Vaca believe the Seven Cities of Cibola were located?

• California
• Southwestern United States
• Florida
• Canada

What is the time period known as that included missions and presidios?

• The Civil War
• Contemporary Texas
• The Spanish Colonial
• The Revolutionary War

What were the goals of the Spanish missions?

• convert Native Americans to Christianity
• teach Native Americans to adopt the Spanish way of life
• Strengthen Spain's hold on Texas land
• all of the above