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WorksheetsCh 4 Test Review
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What motivated Spain to send explorers and settlers to present-day Texas?
competition
desire for expansion
economic opportunity
all of the answers
What was Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda’s contribution to the exploration of present-day Texas?
He led an expedition and conquered the Aztecs.
He led an expedition that was shipwrecked on the Texas coast.
He sailed along the Gulf Coast and up the Rio Grande.
He sailed along the Gulf Coast and made a map.
Who started a settlement and fort in Texas that caused Spanish officials to realize they had to defend their claims there?
Juan de Oñate
Fray Marcos de Niza
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
Why did Francisco Vásquez de Coronado lead a great expedition for two years exploring parts of what is today the American Southwest and the Texas Panhandle?
To conquer the Zuni villages
To bring livestock to American Indians
To find and conquer seven cities of gold
To start a colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Why did Spain establish missions in Texas?
To teach Catholic beliefs to American Indians
To expand and protect Spanish territory
To claim and develop more land
All of the answers
Look at the map then answer the question. In which of the following places did Spain establish missions in Texas?
In the Texas Panhandle near American Indian groups
Along the San Antonio River near American Indian groups
In West Texas near French settlements
all of the answers
What effect did settlers from the Canary Islands have on the growth of Texas?
They founded San Antonio.
They started a colony in the lower Rio Grande.
They taught American Indians farming and ranching skills.
They fought the Pueblo Indians and drove them off Spanish lands.
How did American Indians contribute to the development of Texas under Spanish rule?
They taught Spanish priests to play guitars and harps.
They taught traditional beliefs to Spanish priests, converting them.
They shared their knowledge of North American plants and animals.
They shared their knowledge of North American missions and presidios.
What was José de Escandón’s contribution to the development of Texas?
He colonized and governed the San Antonio River Valley.
He colonized and governed the lower Rio Grande Valley.
He established a large cattle-shipping business.
He established forts to protect merchants.
How did empresario Martín de León influence the settlement of Texas?
His colony became the town of Victoria, a Tejano center for raising and transporting livestock.
His colony became the town of Austin, the first Texas town with a church and school.
His colony became the town of San Antonio, a center for trade with the French.
His colony thrived for a while but eventually failed.
During Spanish colonial times, what did the viceroy do with taxes collected in Mexico?
He kept them in Mexico to help build up the army.
He kept them in Mexico to help make improvements there.
He sent them to Spain to help pay for wars fought in Europe.
He sent them to Spain to enrich the king and queen and other nobles.
How did the mistreatment of poor peasants by the Spanish colonial viceroy in Mexico influence people in Texas?
All of them rebelled and fought against Spanish rule.
Some of them rebelled and fought against Spanish rule.
Some of them helped to capture the Spanish viceroy.
Some of them helped to capture the Spanish king.
Which Tejano, as a young man, spoke out against the unfair practices of the Spanish government and was sent to jail but later became an important empresario in Mexican Texas?
Juan Bautista de las Casas
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Lorenzo de Zavala
Martín de León
Why did Juan Bautista de las Casas lead a revolt in San Antonio
To help overthrow the Mexican government
To help overthrow the Spanish colonial government
To stop Father Hidalgo’s rebels from winning
To destroy the homes and ranches of Tejanos and Tejanas
Which of the following did Stephen F. Austin achieve
He led covered wagons full of settlers from the United States to Texas.
He led flatboats, which carried settlers from the United States, down the Mississippi River
He convinced the Mexican government to let settlers from the United States immigrate to Texas
He convinced the Mexican government to protect settlers from the United States by sending Mexican soldiers.
During the early 1800s, which settlement clustered around the Colorado and Brazos rivers in Texas?
The Austin Colony
The de León colony
The de Zavala Colony
The San Felipe Colony
Look at the painting then answer the question. Based on the painting and what you know, what effect did the migration of Spaniards and Tejanos into Texas have on the economy?
They brought cotton and established weaving.
They brought horses and established ranching.
They brought weapons and established hunting.
They brought dogs and established racing.
