WorksheetsAge of Contact, Spanish Colonial, and Mexican National Review
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What was the name of the era beginning in 1492 with Columbus - when Europeans met Native Americans and claimed land?
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial
Mexican National
Reconquista
Crops, animals, and diseases were transferred between the Old World and the New World in the:
Reconquista
Columbian Exchange
Mexican Revolution against Spain
Filibuster Turmoil in Texas
Who explored the Gulf of Mexico in 1519 and is credited with making the first map of Texas?
Cortés
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
La Salle
Who crashed on the coast in Galveston in 1528, had a dramatic journey through Tejas, and wrote a journal about his adventure and interactions with Natives?
Cortés
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
La Salle
What is missing from the 3 Gs of Spanish exploration? ______, glory, and God.
Gold
Gems
Germs
Grain
Who was the French explorer who built Fort Saint Louis - which caused Spain to want to drive the French out of Tejas?
Cortés
Cabeza de Vaca
Pineda
La Salle
In what era was Tejas under the control of the Spanish Empire - who used the mission-presidio system to colonize?
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial
Mexican National
Reconquista
What is a mission?
a Spanish settlement in Native American territory
a fort
a church
a ranch
What is a presidio?
a mission
a ranch or hacienda
a Spanish town
a fort to protect a mission
What was the name of the first Spanish mission in Texas and where was it located?
San Francisco de los Tejas, Piney Woods
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, El Paso
La Bahia, Goliad
San Antonio de Valero, San Antonio
What Spanish priest founded San Francisco de las Tejas for the Caddo in the Piney Woods?
Father Damian Massanet
Antonio Margil de Jesus
Francisco de Hidalgo
José de Escandon
A Spanish priest encouraged Spanish missions to be built in East Texas. Who was he?
Father Antonio Margil de Jesus
Father Damian Massanet
Father Francisco Hidalgo
José de Escandon
What town was founded in 1718, the center of Spanish defense in western Texas - having both a mission and a presidio?
Goliad
Nacogdoches
San Antonio
Laredo
Antonio Margil de Jesus founded what mission in 1720? It is known as the "Queen of the Missions".
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
San Francisco de los Tejas
La Bahia
San José
What mission was very successful, the "Queen of the Missions", and helped establish the present day city of San Antonio?
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
San Francisco de los Tejas
San Antonio de Valero
San José
Which of the following would NOT be a reason Natives in Texas would want to live in a Spanish mission?
offered gifts
protection
steady source of food
meet the President of the U.S.
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Spanish mission-presidio system?
Native Americans would be converted to Catholicism.
Spanish culture and communities would spread.
Native Americans would learn to speak English.
Native Americans would learn farming and "European" jobs.
Which of the following was NOT a negative or problem for Native Americans in mission life?
disease
rejection of mission life
Comanche and Apache raids
filibusters
Which was NOT a type of Spanish settlement in Texas?
urban cities
mission
town
ranch
True or False, although missions and presidios made up most of Spanish settlements, the Spanish also built ranches and towns.
True
False
Missions were located along what natural feature?
mountains
forests
lake
rivers
Which of the following were reasons the Spanish used the mission-presidio system to colonize New Spain?
To protect New Spain from the French.
To convert Native Americans.
To spread Spanish culture.
All of these.
What is another name for the mission San Antonio de Valero - the site of a famous battle in Texas History in 1836?
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
La Bahia
San Francisco de los Tejas
Alamo
What presidio did the Spanish build on the ruins of La Salle's Fort Saint Louis?
La Bahia
San Saba
San Antonio de Bexar
Presidio del Norté
In what era did Mexico win its independence from Spain?
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial
Mexican National
Reconquista
In what year did Mexico win its independence from Spain?
1519
1718
1821
1776
a person who wages an unofficial war on a country and acts for their own benefit (adventurers and soldiers of fortune) are...
filibusters
empresarios
priests
vaqueros
Who was the priest who sparked the fight for independence with his “Cry of Dolores”- a powerful speech?
Father Massanet
Father de Jesus
Father Miguel Hidalgo
King Ferdinand of Spain
Who of the following was NOT a filibuster from the Mexican National era in Texas history?
Philip Nolan
Jose Gutiérrez de Lara
Stephen F. Austin
Dr. James Long
Which is NOT true about Jose Gutierrez de Lara?
He was a Mexican born Tejano revolutionary leader and filibuster.
He was a Spanish priest.
He led an expedition with Augustus McGee - another filibuster.
He brought the fight for Mexican independence to Tejas.
What was the bloodiest battle on Texas soil and put an end to hope for Texas independence during the Mexican National Era?
When Cortes took over the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan.
When the Comanches attacked the San Saba Mission.
The Grito de Delores.
The Battle of Medina.
After Mexico won it independence from Spain, the Constitution of 1824 combined Tejas with what other state?
Coahuila
Nuevo Laredo
New Mexico
Granada
What Mexican document was the first constitution to govern Texas?
The Declaration of Independence
The Grito de Delores
La relación de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
The Constitution of 1824
The State Colonization Law of 1825 invited men from the United States to settle and manage colonies in Mexican Texas.
They were called filibusters.
They were called empresarios.
They were called frays or friars.
They were called vaqueros.
A rigid social structure in Spanish society in the New World that led to several societal problems and inequality...
republic
social class
presidio
empresario
A form of government in which citizens elect representatives is a...
dictatorship
republic
oligarchy
monarchy
The work of preparing the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.
agriculture
hunting and gathering
What word means the beliefs, ideas, customs, traditions, and skills of a people?
habits
culture
community
trades
True or False, indigenous - people who are native to a particular place.
True
False
the movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions
travel
migration
indigenous
Hunter-Gatherers lived what type of lifestyle?
sedentary
nomadic
urban
agricultural
The Caddoes lived in permanent homes, farmed, and made pottery. They lived a __________________ lifestyle.
sedentary
nomadic
artistic
hunter-gatherer
