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Age of Contact, Spanish Colonial, and Mexican National Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the era beginning in 1492 with Columbus - when Europeans met Native Americans and claimed land?

a)

Age of Contact

b)

Spanish Colonial

c)

Mexican National

d)

Reconquista

2.

Crops, animals, and diseases were transferred between the Old World and the New World in the:

a)

Reconquista

b)

Columbian Exchange

c)

Mexican Revolution against Spain

d)

Filibuster Turmoil in Texas

3.

Who explored the Gulf of Mexico in 1519 and is credited with making the first map of Texas?

a)

Cortés

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Pineda

d)

La Salle

4.

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?

a)

Cortés

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Pineda

d)

La Salle

5.

What is missing from the 3 Gs of Spanish exploration? ______, glory, and God.

a)

Gold

b)

Gems

c)

Germs

d)

Grain

6.

Who was the French explorer who built Fort Saint Louis - which caused Spain to want to drive the French out of Tejas?

a)

Cortés

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Pineda

d)

La Salle

7.

In what era was Tejas under the control of the Spanish Empire - who used the mission-presidio system to colonize?

a)

Age of Contact

b)

Spanish Colonial

c)

Mexican National

d)

Reconquista

8.

What is a mission?

a)

a Spanish settlement in Native American territory

b)

a fort

c)

a church

d)

a ranch

9.

What is a presidio?

a)

a mission

b)

a ranch or hacienda

c)

a Spanish town

d)

a fort to protect a mission

10.

What was the name of the first Spanish mission in Texas and where was it located?

a)

San Francisco de los Tejas, Piney Woods

b)

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta, El Paso

c)

La Bahia, Goliad

d)

San Antonio de Valero, San Antonio

11.

What Spanish priest founded San Francisco de las Tejas for the Caddo in the Piney Woods?

a)


Father Damian Massanet

b)


Antonio Margil de Jesus

c)

Francisco de Hidalgo

d)

José de Escandon

12.

A Spanish priest encouraged Spanish missions to be built in East Texas. Who was he?

a)

Father Antonio Margil de Jesus

b)

Father Damian Massanet

c)

Father Francisco Hidalgo

d)

José de Escandon

13.

What town was founded in 1718, the center of Spanish defense in western Texas - having both a mission and a presidio?

a)

Goliad

b)


Nacogdoches

c)


San Antonio

d)

Laredo

14.

Antonio Margil de Jesus founded what mission in 1720? It is known as the "Queen of the Missions".

a)

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

b)

San Francisco de los Tejas

c)

La Bahia

d)

San José

15.

What mission was very successful, the "Queen of the Missions", and helped establish the present day city of San Antonio?

a)

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

b)

San Francisco de los Tejas

c)

San Antonio de Valero

d)

San José

16.

Which of the following would NOT be a reason Natives in Texas would want to live in a Spanish mission?

a)

offered gifts

b)

protection

c)

steady source of food

d)

meet the President of the U.S.

17.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Spanish mission-presidio system?

a)

Native Americans would be converted to Catholicism.

b)

Spanish culture and communities would spread.

c)

Native Americans would learn to speak English.

d)

Native Americans would learn farming and "European" jobs.

18.

Which of the following was NOT a negative or problem for Native Americans in mission life?

a)

disease

b)

rejection of mission life

c)

Comanche and Apache raids

d)

filibusters

19.

Which was NOT a type of Spanish settlement in Texas?

a)

urban cities

b)

mission

c)

town

d)

ranch

20.

True or False, although missions and presidios made up most of Spanish settlements, the Spanish also built ranches and towns.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Missions were located along what natural feature?

a)

mountains

b)

forests

c)

lake

d)

rivers

22.

Which of the following were reasons the Spanish used the mission-presidio system to colonize New Spain?

a)

To protect New Spain from the French.

b)

To convert Native Americans.

c)

To spread Spanish culture.

d)

All of these.

23.

What is another name for the mission San Antonio de Valero - the site of a famous battle in Texas History in 1836?

a)

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

b)

La Bahia

c)

San Francisco de los Tejas

d)

Alamo

24.

What presidio did the Spanish build on the ruins of La Salle's Fort Saint Louis?

a)

La Bahia

b)

San Saba

c)

San Antonio de Bexar

d)

Presidio del Norté

25.

In what era did Mexico win its independence from Spain?

a)

Age of Contact

b)

Spanish Colonial

c)

Mexican National

d)

Reconquista

26.

In what year did Mexico win its independence from Spain?

a)

1519

b)

1718

c)

1821

d)

1776

27.

a person who wages an unofficial war on a country and acts for their own benefit (adventurers and soldiers of fortune) are...

a)

filibusters

b)

empresarios

c)

priests

d)

vaqueros

28.

Who was the priest who sparked the fight for independence with his “Cry of Dolores”- a powerful speech?

a)

Father Massanet

b)

Father de Jesus

c)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

d)

King Ferdinand of Spain

29.

Who of the following was NOT a filibuster from the Mexican National era in Texas history?

a)

Philip Nolan

b)

Jose Gutiérrez de Lara

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Dr. James Long

30.

Which is NOT true about Jose Gutierrez de Lara?

a)

He was a Mexican born Tejano revolutionary leader and filibuster.

b)

He was a Spanish priest.

c)

He led an expedition with Augustus McGee - another filibuster.

d)

He brought the fight for Mexican independence to Tejas.

31.

What was the bloodiest battle on Texas soil and put an end to hope for Texas independence during the Mexican National Era?

a)

When Cortes took over the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan.

b)

When the Comanches attacked the San Saba Mission.

c)

The Grito de Delores.

d)

The Battle of Medina.

32.

After Mexico won it independence from Spain, the Constitution of 1824 combined Tejas with what other state?

a)

Coahuila

b)

Nuevo Laredo

c)

New Mexico

d)

Granada

33.

What Mexican document was the first constitution to govern Texas?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Grito de Delores

c)

La relación de Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

d)


 The Constitution of 1824

34.

The State Colonization Law of 1825 invited men from the United States to settle and manage colonies in Mexican Texas.

a)

They were called filibusters.

b)

They were called empresarios.

c)

They were called frays or friars.

d)

They were called vaqueros.

35.

A rigid social structure in Spanish society in the New World that led to several societal problems and inequality...

a)

republic

b)

social class

c)

presidio

d)

empresario

36.

A form of government in which citizens elect representatives is a...

a)

dictatorship

b)

republic

c)

oligarchy

d)

monarchy

37.

The work of preparing the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock.

a)

agriculture

b)

hunting and gathering

38.

What word means the beliefs, ideas, customs, traditions, and skills of a people?

a)

habits

b)

culture

c)

community

d)

trades

39.

True or False, indigenous - people who are native to a particular place.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

the movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions

a)

travel

b)

migration

c)

indigenous

41.

Hunter-Gatherers lived what type of lifestyle?

a)

sedentary

b)

nomadic

c)

urban

d)

agricultural

42.

The Caddoes lived in permanent homes, farmed, and made pottery. They lived a __________________ lifestyle.

a)

sedentary

b)

nomadic

c)

artistic

d)

hunter-gatherer