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Unit 5 Test - Spanish Colonial Era and Mexican Independence

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following frontier institution with its picture

a)
1.

Mission

b)
2.

Presidio

c)
3.

Settlement

2.

The Spanish used three frontier institutions to settle Northern Mexico and Texas. First, they established a ​ (a)   with the purpose of ​ (b)   Native Americans to Christianity. Second, they built a ​ (c)   to protect the mission and mission Indians. Last, ​ (d)   were established to provide food, supplies, and a place for families to live.

Choose from the below words
mission
converting
presidio
settlements
roads
vaqueros
militia
castle
rivers
army
3.

Where did the Spanish build their FIRST missions in Texas?

a)

West Texas

b)

South/Central Texas

c)

East Texas

4.

WHY did the Spanish choose to build their first missions in East Texas?

a)

The natives seemed interested in Christianity

b)

That is where they found the 7 Cities of Cibola

c)

The natives had been asking to be converted to Christianity

d)

The Spanish did not make their first missions in East Texas

5.

Where were the MAJORITY of missions located in Texas?

a)

West Texas

b)

South/Central Texas

c)

East Texas

6.

Why did the Spanish stop building missions in Texas?

a)

Peace between Spain and France in Europe

b)

The American Revolution

c)

The collapse of the Spanish Empire

d)

The start of the Mexican Empire

7.

Order the following Spanish social classes from the MOST powerful to the LEAST powerful

a)

Peninsulares

b)

Criollos

c)

Mestizos/Mulattos

d)

Indians

e)

Slaves

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
8.

The ​ (a)   social class began the Mexican War of Independence because it wanted ​ (b)   .

Choose from the below words
Criollo
more political power
Indians
Peninsulares
Mestizos
Slaves
less political power
to become king
to enslave mestizos
to fight Native Americans
9.

The Plan of Iguala included equality for which 2 Spanish social classes?

a)

Peninsulares/Criollos

b)

Criollos/Mestizos

c)

Peninsulares/Mestizos

d)

Criollos/Mestizos

10.

The ​ (a)   ended the Mexican War of Independence after ​ (b)   years of fighting. It established that ​ Texas was part of ​ (c)   and not the ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
Treaty of Cordoba
11
Mexico
Spanish Empire
Treaty of Versailles
15
the United States
the British Empire
13
Treaty of Mexico