Review: Test 1

Which country built missions as a way of staking a claim to Texas?

• France

• United States

• Mexico

• Spain

Who landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the Mississippi River?

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Hernando Cortes

• Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de las Salle

Francisco Hidalgo cooperated with _____ authorities in Louisiana to establish missions in _____.

• Spanish, Louisiana

• French, Louisiana

• French, East Texas

• Spanish, New Mexico

Who led a mission into East Texas in 1690, in response to French settlements in the region? Check all that apply.

• Fray Damian Massanet

• Hernando Cortes

• Alonso De Leon

• Francisco Hidalgo

What EFFECT did the missions have on the native population in Texas?

• natives were given full citizenship as Spaniards

• Tribes moved to Mexico to escape the oppression

• European diseases killed many natives

• natives declared war on Spain to protect their lands

What was the intended purpose of the missions built by Spain in Texas?

• serve as forts to protect settlers

• convert natives to Catholicism

• serve as outposts for the royal family

• serve as banks to protect Spanish valuables

Spanish colonists...

• became commercial shipbuilders

• enslaved native populations

• established Catholic missions

• promoted political freedom

French colonists...

• organized utopian societies

• focused on fur trading

• played a role in triangular trade

• started public schools in the region

Who mapped the coastline of Texas in 1519?

• Pineda

• La Salle

• Coronado

• Cortes

Why were European explorers traveling to the Americas?

• searching for wealth

• spreading democracy

• searching for open farmland

• escaping religious persecution