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WorksheetsUnit 4 European Explorers and Mission Life
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which information completes the key for the map above?
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?
religion...jobs
Christianity...safety
Christianity...settlements
wealth...settlements
Which explorer was given the credit as being the first explorer to land in Texas and
map the Texas coastline?
Onate
Pineda
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Which explorer is given the credit for being the first to cross the state of Texas after
being kidnapped by American Indians?
Onate
Pineda
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Which explorer is given the credit as being the first to pass through the Texas
Panhandle?
Onate
Pineda
Coronado
Cabeza de Vaca
Which explorer created the first French settlement in Texas?
Pineda
Columbus
La Salle
Onate
The Apaches wanted the Spanish to build missions for the Indians to live in because -
they thought the soldiers would protect them.
they were offered free food.
there was no place to live.
they wanted to become Christians.
An irrigation ditch is
where supplies were mass were kept.
a hand-dug channel to bring water to the crops from the river.
where the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.
where grain and wheat are stored.
The river at a mission is
a hand-dug channel to bring water to the crops
dug into the ground for water
the most important resource at the mission
Indian quarters are
where the Indians slept
where the Soldiers slept
where the supplies for mass were kept
The crops at the mission are
at where the food is kept
the food grown (wheat, corn, vegetables)
the most important resource at the mission
The horno is the
place where the supplies for mass were kept.
place where weapons were stored.
a dome-shaped oven.
The sacristy is
the place where weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.
the place where supplies for mass were kept.
the most important building at the mission.
where grain and wheat were stored.
The church was the
most important building at the mission.
place where supplies for mass were kept.
where the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.
where the nuns lived.
The convent is the place
where the nuns lived.
where the Indians slept.
where the Soldiers slept.
where grain and wheat were stored.
The Soldiers quarters are
where the supplies for mass are kept.
where the Soldiers slept.
where the Indians slept.
The bell tower is the
dome-shaped oven
place where colonists rang a bell to alert of danger or call a meeting.
place where the nuns lived.
The bastion is where
the food crops are grown.
the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.
where the grain and wheat were stored.
The water well is
the most important resource at the mission.
a dome-shaped oven.
dug into the ground for water.
The granary is the
place where grain and what are stored.
where the weapons were stored and look-outs were on alert.
where the supplies for mass were kept.
