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WorksheetsSpanish Explorers/Missions
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which evidence best supports the conclusion that the diagram is a mission?
There are indian quarters and a church
There are barracks and a workshop
There is a plaza and a cemetery
There is a cemetery and a path
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?
Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas
Native American tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas
Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold
During which year does the event of the headline occur?
1519
1607
1658
1718
Which motivation led early European explorers to investigate the Americas?
Desire to find gold
Desire to spread democracy
Desire to leave overcrowded cities
Desire to escape government monarchies
Which of these explorers came from France, accidently landed near Galveston, Texas, and built a poorly structured settlement that would eventually be destroyed by the Karankawa?
La Salle
Cortes
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Which of these explorers searched for Cibola cities of gold but found only simple adobe brick houses?
La Salle
Cortes
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Which of these explorers never came to Texas?
La Salle
Cortes
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Which of these explorers took the route below which required walking for 21 months from Texas to Mexico City?
La Salle
Cortes
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
What is the name for a Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas?
conquistador
viceroy
friar
frontier
Coronado's expedition traveled across Texas and other parts of the Americas to-
find gold for Spain
colonize South America
take land from the U.S.
convert native people to Islam
What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?
Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio
Cibola was a legend about cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas
Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards
Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed in Texas
What was one of the most severe diseases that was passed down during the Columbian Exchange?
COVID-19
smallpox
cancer
rabies
Which products came FROM the New World?
horses
rice
wheat
potatoes
What is a presidio?
a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control
a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area
state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories
Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World
Which major Texas city was founded by Spanish colonists in 1718?
Corpus Christi
El Paso
Laredo
San Antonio
Which of the following was characteristic of the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas?
Forts were built to protect Native American tribes in Texas
Native American tribes were discouraged from settling in Texas
Missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to the land in Texas
Spanish explorers negotiated treaties to trade and travel safely in Texas
Analyzing the map below, which physical geographic feature influenced where the missions and presidios were built in Texas?
Cities
Mountains
Rivers
Heavy Rainfall
Which country was Texas part of during the time period shown on the map?
France
Mexico
Spain
United States
Which historical figure is described by the information below?
Fray Damian Massanet
Francisco Hidalgo
Antonio Margil de Jesus
Jose de Escandon
Which group likely viewed the construction of new Spanish missions with suspicion?
Catholic priests
Conquistadors
Anglo settlers
Native American tribes
Fray Damian Massanet and Alonso de Leon led a successful expedition for Spain into East Texas in 1690. This expedition came about because the Spanish were concerned about-
settlers going missing in the region
slave rebellions occurring in the region
Native American tribes attacking missions in the region
French forces establishing settlements in the region
Which Spanish Catholic priest cooperated with French authorities in Louisiana to bring missions to East Texas?
Jose de Escandon
Antonio Margil de Jesus
Fray Damian Massanet
Francisco Hidalgo
In what way did the building of missions in Texas change the culture of the region?
Farming methods were changed
New religious traditions were introduced
Large areas of forests were cut down
Rivers in southern parts of Texas were polluted
Which of the following was a NEGATIVE effect of the Spanish missions in Texas?
American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries.
American Indians starved because buffalo were wiped out by the missionaries.
Fighting broke out among American Indians over trade with the missionaries.
Diseases brought by Spanish missionaries killed many American Indians.
Which of the following is NOT true about the mission system?
forts were built to protect the missions
missions were used as a way to claim land in Texas
American Indians were encouraged to learn a trade
American Indians were not taught to accept Catholicism
