Unit 4 2019 -- Spanish Colonial Era - Chapters 6-7 - (OL)

During the _____, Spain attempted to establish Catholic missions, presidios, towns, and ranches on North American lands occupied by American Indians.

• Spanish Colonial Era
• Mexican National Era
• Texas Revolution
• Age of Contact

During the 1600s, which country challenged Spain’s territorial claims by exploring the region that includes present-day Texas?

• France
• Mexico
• United States
• Great Britain

Spain responded to French interest in Texas by establishing _____ in East Texas near French Louisiana.

• Missions
• Presidios
• Towns
• Trading Outposts

Spain built missions in Texas for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT

• To strengthen the Spanish claim to (or control over) Texas
• To welcome the French
• To teach the Indians the Spanish culture and Christianize (or convert) them to the Catholic religion
• To make Texas safer for Spanish people to live there

4. (A) What was the full name of the first Spanish mission in East Texas? (B) What year was it founded?

• A.  San Francisco de los Tejas
  B.  1690
• A.  San Francisco de los Tejas
  B.  1790
• A.  San Antonio de Valero
  B.  1690
• A.  San Antonio de los Tejas
  B.  1690

Name the Texas town (along with mission and presidio) that was founded in 1718 by Martin de Alarcon?

• San Antonio
  Mission name: San Antonio de Valero
  Presidio name: San Antonio de Bexar
• San Antonio
  Mission name: San Antonio de Bexar
  Presidio name: San Antonio de Valero
• El Paso
  Mission name: San Antonio de Valero
  Presidio name: San Antonio de Bexar
• Nacogdoches
  Mission name: San Antonio de Valero
  Presidio name: San Antonio de Bexar

Examine the chart above. Which answer BEST completes the chart? 

• Started up as trading centers around missions
• A.  Built to provide food and supplies to presidios
• A.  Developed as governmental centers for territory
• A.  Maintained as gathering points for ranchers to bring their herds

Name the Spanish Franciscan Priest who moved to  San Antonio and founded mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo—the most successful Spanish mission in Texas.

• Antonio Margil de Jesus
• Martin de Alarcon
• Father Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla 
• Fray Damian Massanet

What was the name of the mission built in West Texas in 1682 for the Tigua Indians near present-day El Paso?

• Ysleta
• Valero
• Francisco
• Pueblo

He was a Spanish military commander who founded twenty settlements, including Laredo, and became known as “the father of the lower Rio Grande Valley.”

• Jose de Escandon
• Antonio Margil de Jesus
• Miguel Hidalgo Y Costilla 
• Julio Iglesias