Spanish Missions in Texas - Part 1

Special settlements were created by Spanish priests to convert Natives.  These settlements were called

• Alamos
• Presidios
• Colonies
• Missions

This is used to house the spanish soliders that were in charge of protecting the missions...

• Convent
• Mission
• Hotel
• Presidio

Who were the Spanish trying to spread their religion to?

• Native Americans
• Explorers
• Conquistadors
• Friars

The missions were built along....

• Highways
• Rivers
• Mountains
• the Gulf

How did the missions, presidios and pueblos help each other?

• They all helped in working the land to grow crops.
• They shared their resources equally.
• The presidios gave protection and the missions and pueblos gave food and shelter to the soldiers that lived in the presidios.
• They all helped to build the missions.

How far away were the missions from each other?

• They were one day's walk apart.
• They were 50 miles apart.
• They were 2 day's walk apart.
• They were 1 mile apart.

During the early mission times "padre" refers to

• A baseball team
• the mission priests
• the native boys
• a Spanish dish the soldiers ate.

A presidio is

• a precious stone or gem.
• where the priests lived.
• a Spanish fort.
• a tree that is native to California.

A small town near a mission was called a

• community.
• pueblo.
• presidio.
• peninsula.

What was a Spanish Mission?

• A military outpost or Fort 
• A church or religious outpost
• A trading post 
• A settlement of Native Americans