Spanish Settlements in Texas Quizziz

A settlement where religion is taught

• mission

• presidio

• villa

• vaquero

A Spanish town.

• mission

• presidio

• villa

• vaquero

A Hispanic celebration that a girl might have on her fifteenth birthday to mark the transition from childhood to adult status.

• mission

• quinceanera

• villa

• vaquero

A Spanish military fort.

• mission

• quinceanera

• villa

• presidio

A Spanish cowboy.

• mission

• quinceanera

• vaquero

• presidio

People still worship in Mission Ysleta, the first mission of Texas in El Paso.

• True

• False

Why did the Spanish establish Catholic missions and settlements in Texas?

• They build them to claim land and to spread their beliefs.

• To be the first to build one in the 1600s.

• To protect themselves from others.

• To be close to family.

Why is Jose de Escandon an important individual in Texas history?

• He helped develop San Antonio.

• He helped develop the lower Rio Grande Valley.

• He fought in the Battle of the Alamo.

• He hunted buffalo.

What are some things Europeans and American Indians exchanged?

• Clothes and shoes

• corn, squash, horses and cows

• instruments

• hats

Spanish culture influenced ranching and the rodeo. The word rodeo is Spanish.

• True

• False