Unit 3 Reading Comprehension Questions

According to the reading, Unit 3 is about __________

• The Spanish trying to claim land in Texas to keep the French out and make Native people adopt Spanish religion.

• The Spanish search for gold in Central and North America in order to help the economy of Spain.

The Mission Presidio System is _______

• Spain's attempt to convert Native Americans to Christianity while keeping the French out of Texas

• Spain's attempt to establish plantation agriculture in Texas using enslaved Indigenous labor to grow cash crops

Spain's number 1 enemy in this unit is ​ (a)  

• France
• England
• Germany
• China

Most Spanish colonists were eager to move to Texas because it was far away from Mexico City

• True

• False

The Spanish hoped to grow the Texas economy through farming, or ​ (a)   , and raising livestock, also known as ​ (b)  

• agriculture
• ranching
• manufacturing

Most Native Americans were not interested in Mission life or converting to Christianity because it was a difficult life and they had their own culture.

• True

• False