Unit 2 Test Review

Which of the following are the motives for Spanish settlement of Texas?

• Hoping to find riches (gold)

• Spread Christianity

• Spread Diseases

• France showing a growing presence in Texas

What was significant about Cabeza de Vaca's writings?

• provided other conquistadores with information about Spanish government, clothing, and maps

• helped Native Americans to create new medicine, foods, and weapons

• furnished historians a record of Native Americans, plants, and animals of Texas

• allowed Spanish officials to establish additional settlements and provinces

How did Juan de Oñate contribute to the settlement of Texas?

• By searching and discovering vast silver mines

• By conquering and civilizing Native Americans

• By reaching and mapping the Mississippi River

• By exploring and settling the upper Rio Grande

La Salle built Ft. St. Louis on the Coast of Texas. What effect will this have?

• Spanish resumed exploring and settling the Gulf Coast.

• The French colony thrived under strong leadership.

• The French aligned with American Indians to defeat the Spanish.

• Coronado and DeSoto led an expedition to capture the fort.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• A trade of climates from Europe to the Americas.

• A trading of goods and ideas from Europe to the Americas.

• A trading of people from Europe to the Americas.

• A trade of plants and animals from Europe to the Americas.

Why did the mission system develop?

• To convert Native Americans to Catholicism.

• To claim Texas as Spanish territory.

• To develop settlements as Spanish settlements.

• To provide shelter to travelers across Texas.

Which of the following would make the best site to construct a mission upon?

• animals to hunt and poor farmland

• a hot climate and sandy soil

• a river, fertile farmland, and a forest

• beautiful scenery and no water sources

Which of the following lists the disadvantages of mission life for Native Americans?

• Protection and learning new trades

• Voting for public officials and becoming Spanish citizens

• Access to food and learning to farm

• Lack of freedom and a completely different way of life

Speaker A: They teach me the Catholic religion and the Spanish way of life.

Speaker B: I am here to protect the missions and control American Indians.

Identify the two speakers.

• Speaker A: Native American

  Speaker B: Friar

• Speaker A: Spanish Soldier

  Speaker B: Native American

• Speaker A: Native American

  Speaker B: Spanish Soldier

• Speaker A: Friar

  Speaker B: American Citizen

Identify the following Spanish influences on Texas today.

• Architecture

• Land Laws

• Farming and ranching styles

• Names of geographic features and places