Texas missions

The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?

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

Missions were used by who to convert the Native Americans?

• Spanish
• Texans

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

What were the goals of the Spanish missions?

• convert Native Americans to Christianity
• teach Native Americans to adopt the Spanish way of life
• Strengthen Spain's hold on Texas land
• all of the above

How did Spain react to LaSalle's expedition?

• Built more missions in East Texas to protect the Spanish lands from French
• Shifted its interest from Texas to Florida
• Moved its missions and presidios from New Mexico and West Texas to East Texas
• Became allies and trading partners with Native Americans near Louisiana border

Special settlements created by Spanish priests to convert natives were called

• The Alamo

• Presidos

• Colonies

• Missions

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.

• Deacon

• Friar

• Medicine-Man

• Shaman

The Indian and Spanish word that we get 'TEXAS' from was from the Hasinai (Has-in-eye) Tribe word that meant "Hello, Friend."  The Spanish would mark maps of the regions where these Indians lived and people just assumed that was what they called the entire area...so they called it Texas. 

• Tejas (Te-has)
• Kansas
• Quivira
• Paradise