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Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A term meaning a land claimed for and controlled by a distant country.

a)

1718

b)

empresario

c)

colony

d)

presidio

2.

Martin de Alarcon marched toward the Rio San Antonio and established a presidio, San Antonio de Bexar and a mission called San Antonio de Valero in this year.

a)

1718

b)

1821

c)

1776

d)

None of the above

3.

The filibuster who sought to capture wild mustangs in Spanish Texas.

a)

Stephen F Austin

b)

Philip Nolan

c)

Moses Austin

d)

Los Adaes

4.

The first capital of Spanish Texas.

a)

San Antonio

b)

Austin

c)

Dallas

d)

Los Adaes

5.

A term meaning a military post or fortified settlement in an area under Spanish control.

a)

filibuster

b)

empresario

c)

presidio

d)

colony

6.

The man known as the "Father of Texas."

a)

Dr. James Long

b)

Stephen F Austin

c)

Moses Austin

d)

Gutierrez-Magee

7.

The year Stephen F Austin brought Anglo-American settlers to Texas.

a)

1718

b)

1821

c)

1776

d)

1910

8.

A person who comes to a country to settle.

a)

immigrant

b)

emigrate

c)

empresario

d)

filibuster

9.

The first Spanish mission established in East Texas founded by Father Massanet and Alonso de Leon.

a)

San Felipe de Austin

b)

San Antonio de Valero

c)

San Francisco de los Tejas

d)

San Antonio de Bexar

10.

Name of the first Anglo-American colony in Texas.

a)

Nacogdoches

b)

San Antonio de Bexar

c)

San Antonio de Valero

d)

San Felipe de Austin