European Explorers/Missions

What French explorer began explorations in Texas?

• Spain

• France

• Italy

• United States

Which of the following is NOT one of the main reasons for exploration in the Age of Contact era?

• Gold

• Grievance

• Glory

• God

What affect did La Salle's exploration of Texas have on the Spanish?

• It caused the Spanish to abandon settlements in Texas

• Spain started to get serious about the settlement of Texas.

• It began a war between Spain and France

• It caused Native Americans turned against Spanish explorers

Definition of Mission

• a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area

• movement from one region to another

• traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

A system of missions established by the Catholic Church was intended to —

• provide housing for explorers

• relocate convicts to the region

• assist in business development

• convert natives to Christianity

Which group likely viewed the construction of new Spanish missions with suspicion?

• Catholic priests

• American Indian tribes

• Conquistadors

• Anglo settlers

Definition of Presidio

• traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

• state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories

• a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control

What did the Spanish teach at the missions?

• Catholic beliefs and work skills to native people

• How to herd buffalo.

• Indians taught the Spanish their way of life.

• Taught the natives to build weapons and military behavior.

Why did the Spanish build Catholic missions in Texas beginning in the late 1600s?

• To protect Spanish presidios.

• To help France settle in Texas

• To help find the seven cities of gold.

• In order to expand and protect their territory.

What motivated the European Explorers to explore the Americas?

• Gold

• Natives

• Nothing, they never came back

• Land