Social Studies- Unit 3 Test

What were the primary motives for exploring and colonizing new lands?

• land

• gold, God, and glory

Why did LaSalle’s settlement fail?

• the Spanish destroyed it

• the settlers angered the Karankawa and they killed most of the settlers

What was an effect of European colonization on the Native tribes?

• the natives were killed by diseases brought over from Europe

• the natives kept control of their lands

LaSalle's French fort which was called ___________________.

• Fort St. Louis

• San Francisco de los Tejas

Alonso de Leon decided to build a new fort at the site of the failed French settlement. What was it called?

• the Alamo

• La Bahia

The colonization of the Americas led to an increased demand for free labor. This caused the practice of _________________ to be brought to the New World.

• slavery

• socialism

What was the primary reason that Spain decided to allow missions to be built in Texas?

• to encourage settlement of Texas

• to start a war with Native tribes

Why did Europeans want to convert the Native tribes to Christianity?

• they wanted them to move to Spain

• they thought it was their duty

 Why did the Native tribes not want to deal with the Spanish?

• the Spanish treated them poorly

• they did not like to teachings of the priests at the missions

• both of these answers are correct

San Antonio de Valero, the mission built on the San Antonio river, became known as _________________.

• La Bahia

• the Alamo