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What year did Pineda map the coastline of Texas?

1718

1607

1658

1519

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Missions and presidios in Texas were built next to what physical feature?

cities

mountains

heavy rainfall

rivers

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What describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact?

Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold

Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas

American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers

Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas

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What does vaquero mean in Spanish?

mayor

sheriff

soldier

cowboy

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What motivated early European explorers to investigate the Americas?

desire to escape government monarchies

desire to find gold

desire to spread democracy

desire to leave overcrowded cities

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Who landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi?

Hernando Cortes

Rene-Robert Cavalier Sieur de La Salle

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

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Spanish Catholic priest that cooperated with French authorities in Louisiana to bring missions to East Texas

Jose de Escandon

Antonio Margil de Jesus

Francisco Hidalgo

Fray Damian Massanet

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Major Texas city founded by Spanish colonists in 1718

Laredo

San Antonio

Corpus Christi

El Paso

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How did missionaries adapt to the harsh environment to survive the Texas winter

They hunted and gathered

They farmed and stored grain

they traded with other natives

They were nomadic

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The mission system changed the culture in Texas by introducing

new diseases

new building materials

new religious traditions

introducing slavery

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Group that likely viewed construction of new Spanish missions with suspicion

American Indian tribes

Conquistadors

Catholic priests

Anglo settlers

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What was a characteristic of the Spanish Colonial Era in Texas?

Spanish explorers negotiated treaties to trade and travel safely in Texas

Forts were built to protect American Indian tribes in Texas

Missions were built to confirm Spanish claims to the land in Texas

American Indian tribes were discouraged from settling in Texas

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The economic activity of missions that thrived in the physical geography and environment of CENTRAL Texas?

mining

ranching

farming

shipping

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Towns/Settlements were built mainly...

near the location of missions and presidios

before the building of missions

in the mountains and basins region

along the Rio Grande River

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How does this mission reflect the way Texans adapted to their environment?

the mission is located near good farming land

the mission is built with a north facing door

the mission is made of natural resources

the mission is built to withstand a hurricane

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What evidence supports that the diagram is a mission

there are barracks and workshops

there is a church and Indian quarters

There is a cemetary soldiers quarters

there is a cemetary and a plaza

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