How did physical geography impact the building of missions and presidios in Texas? 

• It made no difference, the Spanish had materials from all over the world shipped to the job site
• The missions and buildings were usually built near rivers (water sources) and they would build with local materials. 
• They liked to build the missions right on the beach.
• The King of Spain demanded that every mission be built of imported bricks.

What happened to La Salle’s expedition? 

• the French gave La Salle an award for his excellent navigation skills.
• the entire settlement showed excellent skills and kindness in working with the local Indians.
• Near Matagorda Bay they built Fort St. Louis and many settlers were killed by local Karankawa Indians, wild animals, starvation and ruin. 
• LaSalle was honored by the Tonkawa tribe for his kindness.

Why did the Spanish adopt the process of building missions and presidios?

• to help the local Indians maintain their Indian lands and expand the Indian cultures.
• to research the local Indians and publish Academic reports on world cultures.
• To claim the land for Spain, also convert the local Indians to Christianity, grow settlements and towns
• to find better lands for the French.

What motivated Spanish explorers to want to travel to Texas?

• to learn Indian languages
• to study the local fish species
• to find gold
• to find new song ideas

What impact did the expeditions of Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca have on the exploration of Texas? 

• Pineda’s map and Cabeza’s stories so alarmed the Kings of Europe that they stopped all further exploration 
• the King gave free copies of Pineda’s map to all the interested peasants in Europe who wanted to vacation 
• Cabeza’s stories of his travels (his journal) and Pineda’s map encouraged others to settle.
• the local Indians were so happy with Pineda’s map that they offered free land to any European settlers.

Some of the missions established thriving (successful) ranches because?

• Cattle were easier to raise and protect as compared to farming.
• local Indians had thousands of cattle and the mission could steal them
• there was very little open land in Texas
• there was only 2 rivers in all of Texas.

What was life in a mission like? 

• little work for anyone to do as the crops grew themselves with no work required
• nearly all of the people in the mission could play music and eat all day long with little work
• Daily and constant work of farming, building work, maintaining the missions, cattle and livestock care, even hunting, some weaving, pottery and going to church.   
• the mission friars could simply call up the King for technicians to come in and do repairs as needed.

Which of the following explorers was shipwrecked near Galveston while searching for the legendary city of El Dorado?

• Franco Coronado

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernan Cortes

• Robert La Salle

Which headline could have occurred in 1519?

• Manny Valdez defeats the Aztecs!
• Coronado claims Oregon!
• Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!
• La Salle Claims New York!

If you made a timeline of the history of Texas, where would you put the Era of Exploration?

•  1700s
• 1600s
•  1500s
• 1400s