Texas Missions

The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?

• Baptist Religion
• Texan Religion
• Puritan Religion
• Catholic Religion

This mission is located close to the present day city of El Paso. This is the 1st mission ever established in Texas and was founded in 1682.  

• Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Guadalupe

The Spanish wanted the natives to follow which religion?

• Baptist

• Catholic

• Puritan

• Lutheran

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

A Catholic priest or religious leader who came to the new world to bring the Catholic faith to the Native Texans.  In Spain, this word meant "little brother" or "brother".  In today's Catholic church, they might be called "Father" instead. 

• Deacon
• Friar
• Medicine-Man 
• Shaman

This town was founded as a halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas

• Nacogdoches
• San Antonio
• Ft. Saint Louis
• San Francisco de los Tejas

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Tejano

• People of Mexican heritage living in Texas
• Friar who built the first mission in East Texas
• American Indian culture group
• A major shipping point for international trade

The first mission in East Texas was:

• San Antonio
• Nuestra Senore de los Dolores
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• San Miguel de los Adaes