Midterm Review 2

Question 1

What killed most of the native people in the Americas?

Answer 1

Diseases

Question 2

Which of the following was not one of the 3G’s of euro exploration?
A gold
B God
C glory
D good will

Answer 2

D goodwill

Question 3

Which of the following was a type of Spanish settlement?
A presidio
B mission
C villa/civil settlements
D all of the above

Answer 3

D all of the above

Question 4

What was the most successful settlement that grew to be one of the largest cities in Texas?

Answer 4

San Antonio

Question 5

Which war ended up eliminating the French threat in Texas?

Answer 5

French & Indian War

Question 6

When did Pineda map the coastline of Texas?

Answer 6

1519

Question 7

Coronado’s troops kept getting lost because?

Answer 7

The plains were so level that the sky appeared like a bowl

Question 8

What happened when the Spanish reached Quivera?

Answer 8

They found a Pueblo Native American Settlements

Question 9

A Spanish military outpost is a

Answer 9

Presidio

Question 10

What happened in 1718 that is important in Texas history?

Answer 10

Founding of San Antonio

Question 11

By 1772, the largest Spanish settlement in Texas was?

Answer 11

San Antonio

Question 12

Generally life for a Spanish soldiers was?

Answer 12

Difficult and dangerous

Question 13

Chief official of the local city councils were called?

Answer 13

Alcade

Question 14

People of mixed Spanish and Native American blood are called?

Answer 14

Mestizos

Question 15

Missions were built in east Texas to keep the French out.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Which of the following established mission San Jose y San Miguel in 1720?

Answer 16

Antonio Margil de Jesus

Question 17

Who found Fort St. Louis abandoned & in ruins?

Answer 17

Alonso

Question 18

What was the first mission built in east Texas?

Answer 18

San Francisco de los Tejas

Question 19

Los Adaes was at one time the capitol of Spanish Texas.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Nearly all the Spanish settlements were built near?

Answer 20

Rivers

Question 21

What does Vaquero mean?

Answer 21

Cowboy

Question 22

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta was founded in 1682.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The Tejas accepted the teachings of Jesus Christ with open arms.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

The Alamo was at first known as San Antonio de Valero

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Warrior tribes such as the Comanche & Apache were open to converting to Christianity.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

La Bahia was 1 of the 4 presidios in east Texas that later on went on to become Nacogdoches.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Missions were built in the west Texas in order to convert natives & expand the Spanish Empire.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Who’s expedition was sent by the French in order to start a colony on the Mississippi River?

Answer 28

La Salle

Question 29

Many names of cities in Texas such as El Paso & San Antonio, reflect the language of?

Answer 29

Spain

Question 30

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

Answer 30

American Indian tribes

Question 31

Father Massanet and friars abandoned San Francisco de los Tejas because?

Answer 31

The Tejas rejected the catholic religion

Question 32

Missions were built to establish Spanish land claim was a Spanish colonial era in Texas.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Spanish authorities brought in families from the Canary Islands to?

Answer 33

Increase population of San Antonio

Question 34

The soldiers did not?

Answer 34

Grow their own crops

Question 35

Which of the following was the first permanent Spanish settlement in Texas?

Answer 35

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

Question 36

Members of the Coronado expedition described the plains as?

Answer 36

A sea of grass perfect for farming

Question 37

How did Spain react when they saw that France was starting settlements in Texas?

Answer 37

Refocused on colonizing east Texas

Question 38

What road connected all the missions together along with Mexico?

Answer 38

El Camino Real

Question 39

Presidos were responsible for protecting the other settlements?

Answer 39

True

Question 40

Who else lived along with the Spanish within the settlements?

Answer 40

Converted Native Americans