Unit 2-Texas Early explorers test review

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How did physical geography impact the building of missions and presidios in Texas?

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The missions and buildings were usually built near rivers (water sources) and they would build with local materials.

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What happened to La Salle’s expedition?

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Near Matagorda Bay they built Fort St. Louis and many settlers were killed by local Karankawa Indians, wild animals, starvation and ruin.

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Why did the Spanish adopt the process of building missions and presidios?

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To claim the land for Spain, also convert the local Indians to Christianity, grow settlements and towns.

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What motivated Spanish explorers to want to travel to Texas? Options: to learn Indian languages, to study the local fish species, to find gold, to find new song ideas

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to find gold

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What impact did the expeditions of Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca have on the exploration of Texas?

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Cabeza’s stories of his travels (his journal) and Pineda’s map encouraged others to settle.

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Some of the missions established thriving (successful) ranches because? Cattle were easier to raise and protect as compared to farming., local Indians had thousands of cattle and the mission could steal them, there was very little open land in Texas, there was only 2 rivers in all of Texas.

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Cattle were easier to raise and protect as compared to farming.

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What was life in a mission like?

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Daily and constant work of farming, building work, maintaining the missions, cattle and livestock care, even hunting, some weaving, pottery and going to church.

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Which explorer was shipwrecked near Galveston while searching for the legendary city of El Dorado?

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Cabeza de Vaca

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Which headline could have occurred in 1519? Options: Manny Valdez defeats the Aztecs!, Coronado claims Oregon!, Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!, La Salle Claims New York!

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Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!

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If you made a timeline of the history of Texas, where would you put the Era of Exploration?

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1500s