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Unit 4 European Explorers and Mission Life

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which information completes the key for the map above?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Missions were established in Texas by

Catholic priests. These priests

believed that they should spread

___________ to the people that

lived in Texas. They intended to

convert Native Americans and to

establish permanent

______________ for Spain.


Which words complete the paragraph above?

a)

religion...jobs

b)

Christianity...safety

c)

Christianity...settlements

d)

wealth...settlements

3.

Which explorer was given the credit as being the first explorer to land in Texas and

map the Texas coastline?

a)

Onate

b)

Pineda

c)

Coronado

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

4.

Which explorer is given the credit for being the first to cross the state of Texas after

being kidnapped by American Indians?

a)

Onate

b)

Pineda

c)

Coronado

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

5.

Which explorer is given the credit as being the first to pass through the Texas

Panhandle?

a)

Onate

b)

Pineda

c)

Coronado

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

6.

Which explorer created the first French settlement in Texas?

a)

Pineda

b)

Columbus

c)

La Salle

d)

Onate

7.

The Apaches wanted the Spanish to build missions for the Indians to live in because -

a)

they thought the soldiers would protect them.

b)

they were offered free food.

c)

there was no place to live.

d)

they wanted to become Christians.

8.

An irrigation ditch is

a)

where supplies were mass were kept.

b)

a hand-dug channel to bring water to the crops from the river.

c)

where the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.

d)

where grain and wheat are stored.

9.

The river at a mission is

a)

a hand-dug channel to bring water to the crops

b)

dug into the ground for water

c)

the most important resource at the mission

10.

Indian quarters are

a)

where the Indians slept

b)

where the Soldiers slept

c)

where the supplies for mass were kept

11.

The crops at the mission are

a)

at where the food is kept

b)

the food grown (wheat, corn, vegetables)

c)

the most important resource at the mission

12.

The horno is the

a)

place where the supplies for mass were kept.

b)

place where weapons were stored.

c)

a dome-shaped oven.

13.

The sacristy is

a)

the place where weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.

b)

the place where supplies for mass were kept.

c)

the most important building at the mission.

d)

where grain and wheat were stored.

14.

The church was the

a)

most important building at the mission.

b)

place where supplies for mass were kept.

c)

where the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.

d)

where the nuns lived.

15.

The convent is the place

a)

where the nuns lived.

b)

where the Indians slept.

c)

where the Soldiers slept.

d)

where grain and wheat were stored.

16.

The Soldiers quarters are

a)

where the supplies for mass are kept.

b)

where the Soldiers slept.

c)

where the Indians slept.

17.

The bell tower is the

a)

dome-shaped oven

b)

place where colonists rang a bell to alert of danger or call a meeting.

c)

place where the nuns lived.

18.

The bastion is where

a)

the food crops are grown.

b)

the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.

c)

where the grain and wheat were stored.

19.

The water well is

a)

the most important resource at the mission.

b)

a dome-shaped oven.

c)

dug into the ground for water.

20.

The granary is the

a)

place where grain and what are stored.

b)

where the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.

c)

where the supplies for mass were kept.