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Spanish Missions
Spanish Explorers
Facts about Texas
European Exploration
Texas Settlements
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How did the missions obtain their food?
The grew their own crops and raised livestock
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Why did the Spanish Explore Texas?
To find riches and claim new lands.
100
What is our state flower?
Bluebonnet
100
Why did the Europeans Explore the New World?
Gold, God and Glory!
100
What way did Cabeza De Vaca affect the settlement of Texas?
By Exploring and Mapping Texas
200
What did the people of the Spanish Missions use to make clothes?
Materials from livestock and crops.
200
What drove Coronado and other explorers to come to the new world?
Seven Cities of Gold
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What is our state tree?
Pecan
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Name one explorer famous for exploring the new world.
Columbus, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado, La Salle.
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True or False, A settlement is part of a mission.
False, A mission is part of a settlement.
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Why did priests use lumber to build fences and barriers around their missions?
They thought they needed protection from the Native Americans.
300
Why is it important to have a settlement near the ocean?
For trade with other countries
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What is our state mammal?
Armadillo
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Which 3 well known explorers, extensively explored the state of Texas?
Coronado, Cabeza de Vaca, and La Salle.
300
What did priests of the missions believe that they should spread?
Christianity
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How did the people of the mission get water to their crops during the dry seasons?
They built irrigation ditches from the river.
400
Explorers and settlers in South Texas felt it was important to control what river valley?
The Rio Grande River Valley
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What is our state capitol?
Austin
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In America, who is considered to be the first explorer to explore the new world?
Christopher Columbus
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Who did the priests intend to convert to Christianity?
Native Americans
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How did building Spanish missions affect the environment?
The environment was used to meet people's needs.
500
Which Spanish explorer was responsible for founding the towns of Laredo, Dolores, Revilla, and Mier, among others?
Jose de Escandon
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What is our state bird?
Mockingbird
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What does Cabeza de Vaca mean in Spanish?
Head of Cow
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What did the priests determine to establish permanently for Spain?
Settlements