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Social Studies Unit 3 TEST

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a Spanish military fort that often had a mission included in the walls?

a)

presidio

b)

mission

c)

Fort Saint Louis

d)

La Bahia

2.

The Spanish would build a ________________, which is like a church, in the settlement to spread

Christianity to the people in the area.

a)

presidio

b)

mission

c)

fort

d)

colonization

3.

Traveling to the new territories for the purpose of discovery

became known as The Age of____________.

a)

Colonization

b)

Missions

c)

Exploration

d)

Settlements

4.

The primary motive for the exploration to the new land was:

  1. 1. GOD 2. ? 3. GLORY

  2. Pick the correct word below and type it on the line provided.

  3. grain goat gold gravity



(a)  

5.

Why did the Spanish decide to establish missions, forts, and presidios in Texas?

a)

to encourage the settlement of Texas

b)

to show that they cared about the

Native tribes

c)

to make money

d)

to start a war with the Native tribes

6.

The state-sponsored settlement of people to the new territories became known as....

a)

missions

b)

exploration

c)

colonization

d)

discovery

7.

TRUE or FALSE

The Spanish thought it was their duty to convert the Native tribes to Christianity.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

The Spanish needed places for their military soldiers to live with their supplies,

so they built _______________ across Texas.

a)

missions

b)

forts

c)

buildings

d)

pueblo houses

9.

Because the colonization of people moving to the Americas became so popular and the demand for free labor increased so much, the practice of _______________ was brought to the New World.

a)

farming

b)

ranching

c)

slavery

d)

trading

10.

When the French Explorer Robert Cavalier Sieur de "La Salle" landed in Texas by mistake,

he build a fort and named it______________ for the King of France.

a)

St. Denis

b)

La Bahia

c)

The Alamo

d)

Fort Saint Louis

11.

Which answer listed below was NOT TRUE about why La Salle's fort in Texas failed?

a)

his men were very angry with him

b)

the Karankawa tribe would attack them

c)

his own men killed him

d)

He was able to build a boat and sail back to France

12.

After La Salle claimed Texas from France, why did the Spanish quickly

decide to add more settlements in Texas.

a)

they wanted all of the gold found there

b)

they wanted to create another New Spain

c)

they did not want France to claim it

d)

they wanted to team up with the Native tribes living in Texas

13.

What was a serious effect on the Native tribes of Texas

from all the new European settlers arriving there?

a)

the Native tribes got really rich

b)

the Native tribes were killed by new diseases brought from Europe

c)

the Natives got to keep the land they lived on

14.

All of the answers below are reasons why the Native tribes DID NOT

want to live or learn from the Spanish EXCEPT:

a)

They got diseases from them and died

b)

They did not want to learn about Christianity or live in the missions

c)

The were not treated well by the Spanish

d)

They were allowed to keep their land

15.

The Spanish were so worried about La Salle's fort that they sent

Alonso de Leon to find it. Once he found it, he built a

Spanish fort and named it________________.

a)

St. Denis

b)

La Bahia

c)

The Alamo

d)

San Fransico

de los Tejas

16.

From 1632-1793, the Spanish established ____ new missions across Texas to show their claim of Texas.

a)

152

b)

62

c)

11

d)

26

17.

TRUE or FALSE

Jose de Escandon also established settlements called Camargo and Reynosa in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

In 1632, the Spanish established the first Christian mission in this modern-day town of ______.

a)

Austin

b)

San Angelo

c)

Lubbock

d)

Dallas

19.

These were settlements where people got to live in multi-level adobe dwellings, and they had a jail, church, and council house along with livestock and supplies to use.

a)

pueblos

b)

ranchos

c)

presidios

d)

missions

20.

TRUE or FALSE

The Alamo was once called San Antonio de los Tejas.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE