People
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Life in Missions
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100
Who began the Age of Exploration by sailing to the Americas in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
100
The mission San Antonio de Valero was eventually renamed. What was its new name?
The Alamo
100
What are religious settlements built to convert the Native Americans
missions
100
What language were Native Americans forced to learn once they lived in the Spanish Missions?
Spanish
100
By 1772, what was the largest Spanish settlement in Texas?
San Antonio
200
What explorer named his settlement Fort St. Louis?
La Salle
200
What is usually the first thing built when the Spanish come to a new land?
missions
200
What is the Spanish word for cowboy or cattle herder?
Vaquero
200
What religion were Native Americans converted to?
Catholicism or Christianity
200
What year did the Spanish mission system begin in San Antonio?
1718
300
Who was the first Spaniard to explore the interior of Texas?
Cabeza de Vaca
300
What was the first Spanish mission built in EAST Texas?
San Francisco de los Tejas
300
What is called a military fort to protect the missions?
presidio
300
Why were missions built near Native Americans?
Because the goal of missions was to convert Native Americans to the Spanish lifestyle.
300
What was the name of the "City of Gold"
Cibola
400
Who helped the Spanish built more missions in East Texas after the failure of San Francisco de los Tejas mission.
Francisco Hidalgo
400
Why were missions and presidios built near each other?
Presidios protected the missionaries from the Native Americans and French.
400
This is a religious members who wanted to spread Christianity
friar
400
Who had the role of of teaching Native Americans the Spanish way of life?
Spanish friar
400
This man founded several missions in East Texas and brought many livestock to Texas.
Antonio Margil de Jesus
500
Who was known as the Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley?
Jose de Escandon
500
What was the name of the FIRST Spanish Mission built in Texas?
Corpus Christi de Yselta
500
This is a French mission in Texas established by La Salle in 1685 near Matagorda Bay
Fort St. Louis
500
List three reasons why the Spanish settled in Texas?
1. Hoped to find riches 2. spread Christianity 3. stop the french
500
Why were the the Spanish Missions unsuccessful?
The Native Americans refused to accept mission life/convert to Christianity and the Spanish lacked money.
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