Spanish Colonial Texas Vocabulary

A mission is...

• a religious settlement

• a fort or military outpost

• a member of the Roman Catholic religious order for men

• sleeping quarters

A member of a Roman Catholic religious order for men is called a _____________.

• mission

• friar

• presidio

• chapel

Barrack are also called:

• a friar

• a storehouse for grain

• church

• sleeping quarters

A bastion is defined as:

• a storehouse for grain

• A pit or hole sunk into the earth to reach a supply of water

• A projecting part of a fortification

• the supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels

A pit or hole sunk into the earth to reach a supply of water is called...

• a canal

• a well

• a granary

• a bastion

Definition: a human-made waterway

• canal

• well

• detachment

• granary

A small unit of a military force is called a ______________.

• detachment

• barracks

• secure

• mestizo

Definition: a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage

• Tejano

• Mestizo

• Friar

• Mission

A person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home is called ________________.

• Tejano

• Mestizo

• Friar

• Presidio

Which word below means to gain control of?

• irrigation

• detachment

• secure

• well