3rd Six Weeks Social Studies

What motivated Spain to send explorers and settlers to present - day Texas?

• competition

• desire for expansion

• economic opportunity

• all of the answers

Why is it important that Cabeza de Vaca wrote this journal about his experiences?

• It's a primary source that tells about his accomplishments

• It's a primary source that tells about his accomplishments of Fray Marcos de Niza

• It's a secondary source that tells about his accomplishments

• It's a secondary source that tells about his accomplishments of Fray Marcos de Niza

What was Alonso Alvarez de Pineda's contribution to the exploration of present day Texas?

• He led an expedition and conquered the Azteca

• He led an expedition that was shipwrecked on the Texas Coast

• He sailed along the Gulf Coast and up the Rio Grande

• He sailed along the Gulf coast and made a map

Who started a settlement and fort in Texas that caused Spanish officials to realize they had to defend their claims there?

• Juan de Onate

• Fray Marcos de Niza

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Rene Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Why did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado lead a great expedition for two years exploring parts of what is today the American Southwest and the Texas Panhandle?

• to conquer the Zuni villages

• to bring livestock to American Indians

• To find and conquer seven cities of gold

• to start a colony at the mouth of the mississippi river

Why did Spain establish missions in Texas?

• to teach Catholic beliefs to American Indians

• to expand and protect Spanish territory

• to claim and develop more land

• all of the answers

What effect did settlers from the Canary Islands have on the growth of Texas?

• They founded San Antonio

• They started a colony in the lower Rio Grande

• They taught American Indians farming and ranching skills

• They fought the Pueblo Indians and drove them off Spanish lands.

How did American Indians contribute to the development of Texas under Spanish rule?

• They taught Spanish priests to play guitars and harps.

• They taught traditional beliefs to Spanish priests, converting them.

• They shared their knowledge of North American plants and animals.

• They shared their knowledge of North American missions and presidios.

What was Jose de Escandon's contribution to the development of Texas?

• He colonized and governed the San Antonio River Valley

• He colonized and governed the lower Rio Grande Valley

• He established a large cattle shipping business

• He established forts to protect merchants

How did empresarion Martin de Leon influence the settlement of Texas?

• His colony became the town of Victoria, a Tejano center for raising and transporting livestock.

• His colony became the town of Austin, the first Texas town with a church and school.

• His colony became the town of San Antonio, a center for trade with the French.

• His colony thrived for a while but eventually failed.