Missions in Texas 1

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

• Alamos
• Presidios
• Colonies
• Missions

Who were the Spanish trying to spread their religion to?

• Native Americans
• Explorers
• Conquistadors
• Friars

How did the missions, presidios and pueblos help each other?

• They all helped in working the land to grow crops.
• They shared their resources equally.
• The presidios gave protection and the missions and pueblos gave food and shelter to the soldiers that lived in the presidios.
• They all helped to build the missions.

What was the name of the first permanent settlement in Texas?

• Baxar
• Goliad 
• Corpus Christi Ysleta
• Alamo 

This town was founded as a halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas

• Nacogdoches
• San Antonio
• Ft. Saint Louis
• San Francisco de los Tejas

Daily life in missions included all of the following EXCEPT

• Learning trades
• Attending prayer services
• Farming
• Defending settlements

Which mission is considered to be the "lost mission of Texas" because it was attacked by enemy Comanche and burned down?

• San Jose

• Espada

• Concepcion

• San Saba

Which mission was established as a way-station between missions already existing in East Texas and other base missions?

• San Antonio de Valero

• San Jose

• San Juan Capistrano

• Concepcion

Most missions were built near what physical geographic feature?

• Native American Villages

• Rivers

• Forests

• Canyons

What kind of goal is the goal to settle colonists as representatives of Spain to keep land claims?

• Social (GOD)

• Economic (GOLD)

• Political (GLORY)