Native Americans
Vaquero means
cowboy in Spanish
What motivated European explorers to investigate the Americas?
GOLD
What geographical feature influenced where missions were built in Texas?
Rivers
Cities like El Paso and San Antonio's culture are influenced by
Spain
What is Monday holiday?
Columbus
The American Indian Tribes viewed what as suspicious?
Construction of Spanish Missions.
What was the purpose of Alonso De Leon and Fray Massanet's expedition?
To find La Salle's fort! And they were concerned about French forces settling in the region.
Spanish Colonial Era in Texas would be characterized by...
Missions being built to confirm Spanish claims to Texas.
In what Era of Exploration would you place the history of Texas on a timeline?
1500s
This is responsible for protecting the missions.
Presidio
Missions likely failed because...
Native Americans did not want to change their religions, beliefs, or way of life.
This Explorer landed in Matagorda Bay
La Salle
This had NEGATIVE effect on Spanish missions in Texas
Disease brought by the Spanish missionaries killed many Indians
How did the building of missions change the culture of the region in Texas?
New religious traditions were introduced
If you are writing a research paper about life in early Texas and use a diary of a Texas colonist. What type of source is this?
Primary
The Spanish brought to the New World...
disease
This Explorer traveled across Texas to find gold for Spain
de Soto
Missionaries were blamed for bringing...
disease to Texas.
A characteristic of the Age of Contact would be defined as..
Spanish and French Explorers both claiming land in Texas.
Who is in room 308?
Mr.Castillo
What was the name of the Indian that Coronado killed?
Turk
This explorer was shipwrecked near Galveston.
Cabeza de Vaca
The Mission La Bahia was moved to the Guadalupe River because...
there were conflicts with Indian tribes in the region.
Cibola was...
the legend of the seven cities of gold
What school did we play against last night?
Patterson