Missions

What is the main reason the Spanish created the missions?

• To convert the Native Americans to the Catholic religion
• To create pretty homes
• To create a loving community with the Native Americans
• To find a new place to live

What did Native Americans NOT do at the missions?

• Work as farmers
• Learn Spanish
• Learn about Catholicism
• Teach Spanish

Presidio

• made to protect the missions; a military fort

• where presidents used to live

• a mission

• military fort; made to protect Native Americans

Special settlements were created by Spanish priests to convert Natives.  These settlements were called

• Alamos
• Presidios
• Colonies
• Missions

Which activities took place in the Catholic missions in Texas?

• Priests led Indians through their daily activities
• Indians learned to become better hunters
  Indian Chiefs ordered the removal of priests
• Indian priests conducted local ritual

A friar is a....

• Spanish soldier
• Native American Chief
• A Catholic priest
• French priest

Who were the Spanish trying to spread their religion to?

• Native Americans
• Explorers
• Conquistadors
• Friars

The missions were built along....

• Highways
• Rivers
• Mountains
• the Gulf

A person of mixed, Spanish and Native American heritage.

• Friar
• Mestizo
• Tejano
• Creollo

The Alamo is known as

• The El Paso
• San Juan Bautista
• THE Mission
• San Antonio de Valero