Spanish Missions in San Antonio, TX

Why did Spain begin building missions, presidios, and towns in Texas?

• To keep the Native Americans from moving to Mexico

• To find new vacation places

• To protect their claim to lands

Another name for a Catholic Priest

• Friar

• Mission

• Presidio

Religious community built to establish a settlement in Texas to convert Native Americans

• Presidio

• Tejas

• Mission

The Spanish settlements where soldiers who protected the missions lived

• Mission

• Presidio

• Rancho

Which mission is widely known as the Alamo?

• Mission Espada

• San Antonio de Valero

• San Francisco de Espada

Which of the San Antonio missions was built first?

• Mission Concepcion

• San Jose y San Miguel Aguayo

• San Antonio de Valero

Which people often lived in a mission?

• Spanish soldiers

• Native Americans

• Friars

Which mission is the southernmost mission in San Antonio?

• San Jose y San Miguel Aguayo

• San Francisco de la Espada

• San Juan Capistrano

Which mission's progress was slowed because of many attacks by Native Americans?

• San Juan Capistrano

• San Antonio de Valero

• Mission Concepcion

Which mission became the site of a famous battle during the Texas Revolution?

• Mission Espada

• Nuestra Senora de la Purisma Concepcion de Acuna

• San Antonio de Valero