European Explorers
Priests
Missions
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Conquistador who invaded the Aztec empire
Who is Cortez?
100
The most famous and successful of the Spanish friars.
Who is Margil de Jesus?
100
The main reason the mission at San Saba failed.
What is too many attacks by resentful Indians?
100
The governmental title given to the highest ranking official in Spain.
What is a viceroy?
100
The current era we are studying.
What is the Age of Contact?
200
European who explored the Texas Coast in 1519.
Who is Pineda?
200
The priest who asked the French for help in building missions in East Texas, only to get the leader of the French arrested.
Who is Father Hidalgo?
200
The Mother of Texas Missions
What is San Juan Bautista?
200
A military outpost built near a mission to protect it.
What is a presidio?
200
The road that connected the Rio Grande to East Texas missions.
What is El Camino Real?
300
Took over de Soto's expedition and was the first European to explore East Texas
Who is Moscoso?
300
He founded Mission San Fransisco de los Tejas.
Who is Fray Massanet?
300
The first Spanish mission in East Texas.
What is Mission San Fransisco de los Tejas?
300
The belief that there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world.
What is mercantilism?
300
An embarrassing French raid on a Spanish mission.
What is The Chicken War?
400
First African to enter Texas who became a guide for Spanish explorers
Who is Estevanico?
400
The Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Who is Jose de Escandon?
400
The full name of the mission established in San Antonio.
What is San Antonio de Valero?
400
The three main goals of European's during the Age of Contact.
What are gold, glory, and God?
400
Some examples are bringing diversity to Texas and shaping Texas culture and heritage.
What are positive effects of Spanish colonization?
500
First European to navigate the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
Who is LaSalle?
500
The priest who told Viceroy Mendoza he saw a city of gold.
Who is Fray Marcos de Niza?
500
The first permanent European settlement in Texas.
What is Mission Corpus Christi de la Ysleta?
500
A city council.
What is ayuntamiento?
500
The year that San Antonio was founded.
What is 1718?
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