Mission System Review

What is the main reason the Spanish created the missions?

• To convert the Native Americans to the Catholic religion
• To create pretty homes
• To create a loving community with the Native Americans
• To find a new place to live

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

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.

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

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

This mission is located close to the present day city of El Paso. This is the 1st mission ever established in Texas and was founded in 1682.  

• Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Guadalupe

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