Spanish Colonial Era

Missions are

• Religious settlements designed to convert Native Americans
•  military forts designed to protect the missions
• Someone who is part spanish part Native American
• Land agents who sell land to new settlers

presidios are

• Religious settlements designed to convert Native Americans
•  military forts designed to protect the missions
• Someone who is part spanish part Native American
• Land agents who sell land to new settlers

Why did the Spanish build missions in Texas?

• Christianize the American Indians
• Protect the borderlands
• Represent the Spanish Government
• All of the above

Spaniards called the Hasinai (Caddo), "Tejas," the Caddo word for ____________.

• Enemy
• Explorer
• Warrior
• Friend

The San Antonio de Valero mission became known as the _______________. 

• Chicken 
• Alamo
• San Antonio
• El Camino Real

Which of the following was a method Spain used to colonize Texas?

• Started a series of wars with France and Native Americans.

• Built missions and tried to convert Natives to Christianity

• Passed laws forbidding Americans and French from entering Texas.

• None of the answers are correct

A Spanish military settlement is known as a...

• mission

• town

• presidio

• colony

How did the Spanish respond to the French threat?

• By creating missions along the coast

• By creating missions in East Texas

• By building missions in Louisiana

• By starting missions in West Texas

The ________ mission was founded in 1690 on the Neches River.

• La Bahia

• Ysleta

• San Jose

• San Francisco de los Tejas

Many names of cities in TX, such as El Paso, reflect the language and culture of---

• England

• Portugal

• France

• Spain