Early Settlers and Spanish Missions in Texas

village for commoners

• mission

• presidio

• pueblo

• rancho

military fort

• presidio

• mission

• pueblo

• rancho

cattle farm

• pueblo

• mission

• presidio

• rancho

religious settlement

• rancho

• pueblo

• mission

• presidio

When was the first Spanish mission established in Texas?

• 1980s

• 1200s

• 1800s

• 1600s

Who founded settlements along the Rio Grande and is known as the "Father of the lower Rio Grande?"

• Francisco Coronado

• La Salle

• Alonso de Leon

• Jose de Escandon

The _________ led a group of American Indians that took control of Texas from the Spanish missions.

• Navajo

• Lipan Apache

• Cherokee

• Comanche

How did Spain fulfill its goal of wanting to share their Christianity with the Indigenous people?

• establishing missions

• founding forts and cities

• building dams on rivers

• trading with other groups

Most missions included large gardens and ample farmlands. From this we can conclude ________.

• Missions were protected by presidios.

• Missions supported themselves.

• American Indians hunted to help feed missionaries.

• The purpose of missions was to convert local tribes.

What is one custom members of native tribes would have to give up if they chose to live in the missions?

• building large cities

• democratic government

• traveling to Europe

• a nomadic lifestyle