Missions in Texas

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

• The Ysleta Mission

• The Alamo

• Mission San Antonio de Valero

• Mission Guadalupe

Special settlements created by Spanish priests to convert natives were called

• The Alamo

• Presidos

• Colonies

• Missions

The Spanish wanted the natives to follow which religion?

• Baptist

• Catholic

• Puritan

• Lutheran

The meaning of convert is

• changing one thought, idea, or belief into another thought, idea, or belief.

• a Spanish military fort.

• relocating to a new home.

• all of the above.

What were the goals of the Spanish Missions?

• To keep control of the land.

• To teach native Texans the Spanish culture and language.

• To convert native Texans to their religion.

• All of the above.

A Spanish fort that protects a mission is called a

• plaza

• vaquero

• presido

• mission

The Alamo is known as

• San Antonio de Valero

• The El Paso

• The Mission

• San Juan Bautista

Daily mission life included all of the following except

• studying religion

• conducting searches

• farming

• studying the Spanish Language

A Spanish cowboy is called a

• rachero

• vaquero

• presido

• Ysleta

Spanish missions brought diseases that killed many native Texans.

• True

• False