Spanish Texas Quiz

What did the community members of Spanish Missions do during their free time?

• Play games outside

• There was no free time

• Sing and dance

• Tell stories

What new industry came with the missions with the introduction of cows and horses to Texas?

• cash crops industry

• goat industry

• cattle industry

• aqueduct industry

What did Father Damián Massanet do?

• stable access to food

• were forced to join by the Spanish

• start a mission in East Texas

• protection from enemies

Why did the Spanish want missions in East Texas?

• to keep out the French who were already in Louisiana

• to increase the amount of land they held in Texas

• to gain control of the Rio Grande River

• to increase the amount of cattle in the region

Why were cemeteries at Spanish Mission often so large?

• because of the ongoing war with France

• because the Spanish buried their animals when they died

• because Spanish priests often died when they came to the New World

• because the Native Texans lacked immunities for the Spanish disease and died.

Who were the first to live in Spanish settlements?

• the families of priests in the mission

• the families of soldiers in the presidios

• the families of Native Texans in the mission

• neighboring Native Texans tribes who wanted to join the mission but had to wait

What is the Open Range?

• Grassy plains of Texas

• Texas Hill Country

• The Mountain Range and Basins area of Texas

• The Tall Trees of East Texas

Where could most cattle in Texas be found during this time?

• on the open range

• penned up in fences

• at missions

• in presidios

When Father Damián Massanet and Governor Alonso De León found René-Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle’s Fort St. Louis and settlement remains, what did they do?

• attacked the Indians now loving there

• attacked the French and won

• burned it

• attacked the settlement and not the fort

What did priests do to Native Texans if they would not do what they were told?

• Patiently talk with the Native Texan and find out why

• Punish them

• Make them leave the mission

• Send them to Mexico City to be put on trial