Spanish Mission System

What was the main purpose of a mission?

• to train the Native Americans to fight in a war
• to teach religion to the Native Americans
• to feed and clothe the Native Americans
• to learn about plants and animals from the Native Americans

What are some cultural aspects that the American Indians taught the Spanish when they settled?

• They taught the Catholic religion to the Spanish
• They had a knowledge of native plants and animals
• They brought guitars, violins, and the harp
• They had cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and chickens

What are some cultural elements that the Spanish brought to the Native Americans?

• They knew how to play the flutes and drums
• They had knowledge of the native plants and animals
• They brought fruits and veggies such as: Lettuce, grapes, apples, and oranges

What were the vaqueros?

• Spanish officers in the Spanish army.
• Spanish cowboys who developed roping and branding skills.
• Native American chiefs

Which of these was a method Spain used to colonize Texas?

• Killing Indians in war and claiming their lands.
• converting Indians to Christians and teaching them to be more European.
• passing laws forbidding French exploration.
• telling lots of Spanish to move to Texas to claim land.

When the French wanted to claim Texas land how did the Spanish respond?

• They went to war.
• They passed laws forbidding them to stay.
• they built missions strengthening  their claim to the land.
• They let the French have the land.

When Indians died how did that effect a mission?

• the Priests celebrated 
• It was a cause of the mission's failure
• fewer people meant more gold for those who remained
• it gave the French more claim on Texas

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of the mission system?

• Disease
• American Indian attacks
• American Indian abandonment
• American Indian cooperation

The Spanish named the area "Tejas," after a Caddo word meaning ally, or friend.

• True
• False

A Spanish fort that protects a Mission

• reserve
• presidio
• cabeza de vaca
• Native American Camp