Ch4 L2 pg 150-158 Spanish Settlements in Texas

Name

1. The Spanish ______ were home to missionaries and American Indians.

• missions
• settlements
• lands

2. The Spanish government wanted to teach ______ beliefs and work skills to native people.

• Christian
• Catholic
• Baptist

3. The first Texas mission was called Mission ______.

• Yoda
• Tigua
• Ysleta

4. In East Texas, missions were built near _____ Louisiana to establish settlements and a claim to the land.

• French
• English
• Spanish

5. To protect missions from attack, the Spanish established forts called _________.

• villas
• presidios
• towns

6. In the 1730s, ____ people came from Spain's Canary Islands.

• 25
• 55
• 550

7. ________________ is called Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley because of his important work developing the area.

• Juan de Oñate
• Hernando de Soto
• Jose de Escandon

8. Spanish cowboys are called 𝐯𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬.

• True
• False

9. The 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝 is a Mexican tradition when families celebrate girls that turn 15.

• True
• False