Missions of Texas

The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?

• Baptist Religion
• Texan Religion
• Puritan Religion
• Catholic Religion

Missions were used by who to convert the Native Americans?

• Spanish
• Texans

This mission is located close to the present day city of El Paso. This is the 1st mission ever established in Texas and was founded in 1682.  

• Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• Mission San Jose
• Mission Guadalupe

What city, in 1718, was founded, became the Capital of Spanish Texas, and have many missions including the Alamo built in and around it?

• San Antonio
• Laredo
• Goliad
• Gonzalez

Native Americans who lived in the missions were forbidden to follow their cultures.

• True
• False

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How did Spain react to LaSalle's expedition?

• Built more missions in East Texas to protect the Spanish lands from French
• Shifted its interest from Texas to Florida
• Moved its missions and presidios from New Mexico and West Texas to East Texas
• Became allies and trading partners with Native Americans near Louisiana border

Spanish word for "Fort" or "Garrison".  These were quickly built after Texas missions to Protect the Friars and Nuns helping to convert Native Texans to the Catholic faith. 

• Presidio
• President
• Present
• Pollo

A Catholic priest or religious leader who came to the new world to bring the Catholic faith to the Native Texans.  In Spain, this word meant "little brother" or "brother".  In today's Catholic church, they might be called "Father" instead. 

• Deacon
• Friar
• Medicine-Man 
• Shaman

This town was founded as a halfway point between the Rio Grande and East Texas

• Nacogdoches
• San Antonio
• Ft. Saint Louis
• San Francisco de los Tejas

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The first mission in East Texas was:

• San Antonio
• Nuestra Senore de los Dolores
• San Francisco de los Tejas
• San Miguel de los Adaes