WorksheetsSpanish Missions in Texas - Part 3
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the Catholic church official who built the first mission in East Texas, San Francisco de los Tejas?
a)
Father Francisco Hidalgo
b)
Father Damian Massanet
c)
Antonio Margil de Jesus
d)
Jose de Escandon
2.
Who was the missionary who asked the French to help build a mission among the Tejas?
a)
Father Damian Massanet
b)
Father Francisco Hidalgo
c)
Antonio Margil de Jesus
d)
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
3.
What was the name of the fort La Salle built in Texas?
a)
Fort La Bahia
b)
Fort St. Louis
c)
Fort San Antonio
d)
Fort St. Francis
4.
Why was Fort St. Louis a threat to Spain?
a)
It was the center of French and Native American operations against Spain in the Americas.
b)
It was a French fort within territory that Spain believed was part of New Spain.
c)
It was a very effective military outpost for France.
d)
It was the capital of a new French colony near New Spain.
5.
Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?
a)
Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle
b)
Hernando Cortés
c)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
6.
Which Spanish Catholic priest cooperated with French authorities in Louisiana to bring missions to East Texas?
a)
José de Escandón
b)
Francisco Hidalgo
c)
Antonio Margil de Jesús
d)
Fray Damián Massanet
7.
This town was founded as a halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas
a)
Nacogdoches
b)
San Antonio
c)
Ft. Saint Louis
d)
San Francisco de los Tejas
8.
Who founded the first mission in East Texas?
a)
Father Damian Massanet
b)
St. Denis
c)
Father Fancisco Hidalgo
d)
Aguayo
9.
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the failure of the mission system?
a)
Disease
b)
American Indian attacks
c)
American Indian abandonment
d)
American Indian cooperation
10.
What is a Spanish cowboy
a)
Vaquero
b)
Republic
c)
Ranchero
d)
Tejano
11.
Spain started to settle in East Texas near ______ Louisiana.
a)
German
b)
Spanish
c)
British
d)
French
12.
What is the time period known as that included missions and presidios?
a)
The Civil War
b)
Contemporary Texas
c)
The Spanish Colonial
d)
The Revolutionary War
13.
A Spanish fort that protects a Mission
a)
reserve
b)
presidio
c)
cabeza de vaca
d)
Native American Camp
14.
What are foreign military men who committed treasonous acts within Spanish Texas in the early 1800's?
a)
missions
b)
friars
c)
myth busters
d)
filibusters
15.
Military bases and Church settlements are called
a)
Presidios and missions
b)
Democracy and communism
c)
Indians and Explorers
d)
Friars and Indians
16.
The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?
a)
Baptist Religion
b)
Texan Religion
c)
Puritan Religion
d)
Catholic Religion
17.
The first mission in East Texas was:
a)
San Antonio
b)
Nuestra Senore de los Dolores
c)
San Francisco de los Tejas
d)
San Miguel de los Adaes
18.
This mission is located close to the present day city of El Paso. This is the 1st mission ever established in Texas and was founded in 1682.
a)
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
b)
San Francisco de los Tejas
c)
Mission San Jose
d)
Mission Guadalupe
19.
What are the three components of the Spanish Colonial System?
a)
Villages, Forts, and churches
b)
governors, explorers, and friars
c)
explorers, kings, and settlers
d)
missions, presidios, and settlements
20.
What city, in 1718, was founded, became the Capital of Spanish Texas, and have many missions including the Alamo built in and around it?
a)
San Antonio
b)
Laredo
c)
Goliad
d)
Gonzalez
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