Spanish Colonial Quiz Review

Why did the Spanish want to build missions?

• Keep the French out of Texas

• Claim (control) Texas

• Because the missions system was successful in Spain

• Convert Natives to Christianity

Why did missions fail?

• Disease

• Natives didn't change their ways

• Attacks

• Crop failure

Which era describes the Mission-Presidio system?

• Age of Contact

• Mexican National

• Spanish Colonialism

• Early TX and its People

What was an effect of the Spanish being in Texas?

• Tex-Mex food

• Cattle Ranching

• Spanish language

• Catholic Religion

Which of the following is TRUE about missions?

• Some natives did change to the Spanish ways of life

• Daily life consisted of religious ceremonies and work

• Disease spread in the missions

• Spanish did teach Natives valuable skills

Why is 1718 an important date?

• Spain strengthened its claim on TX

• Texas got its independence

• It's when Mission San Antonio de Valero was built

• The 1st map of TX was created

What were the goals of the mission?

• Turn Natives into loyal Spanish subjects

• The Spanish learn from the Natives

• Educate Natives

• Convert Natives to Catholicism (Christianity)

What does the word "Tejas"/"Texas" mean?

• "bluebonnet"

• "friend"

• "Loyal"

• "New Spain"

What was the goal of the friar?

• Establish towns in Texas

• Protect the missions

• Punish the Natives

• Convert the Natives to Christianity

What are effects that the missions had on Natives?

• Disease killed many of them

• Most Natives became like the Spanish

• The Natives learned a lot of new skills

• The missions had no effect on Natives