Texas Colonization

Question 1

Presidio

Answer 1

Used to house soldiers who protected settlers.

Question 2

Privateer

Answer 2

Enemy ships often owned by other countries/governments.

Question 3

Stockade

Answer 3

A crude fort.

Question 4

Mission

Answer 4

Buildings used to convert and teach Native Americans the Spanish religion.

Question 5

Viceroy

Answer 5

A government official.

Question 6

Province

Answer 6

A political division within a country.

Question 7

Conquistador

Answer 7

Someone who helped conquer and settle lands for a country/government.

Question 8

Navigate

Answer 8

To traverse a body of water.

Question 9

Christopher Columbus

Answer 9

Discovered lands thought to be Asia in 1492 and inspired explorers to sail west.

Question 10

Hernan Cortes

Answer 10

Conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain in 1519 and built Mexico City on top of it.

Question 11

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Answer 11

Drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico for other Spanish explorers, and was the first European to see the Texas coast and map it.

Question 12

Panfilo de Narvaez

Answer 12

Led an expedition for Spain and later died in a hurricane with his survivors being stranded along the Texas coast in 1527.

Question 13

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 13

Shipwrecked on the Texas coast from Narvaez’s expedition as his treasurer, and was the first European to explore Texas.

Question 14

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Answer 14

Spanish explorer who searched for Quivira and Cibola, the supposed lost cities of gold.

Question 15

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Answer 15

French explorer who established Fort St. Louis and claimed the Mississippi Valley for France. He was killed by his own men.

Question 16

Father Francisco Hidalgo

Answer 16

Wanted to build a mission among the Caddo and have the French reopen San Francisco de los Tejas.

Question 17

Damian Massanet

Answer 17

Priest that built San Francisco de los Tejas.

Question 18

Antonio Margil de Jesus

Answer 18

Opened the most successful mission in East Texas which became the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas.

Question 19

Jose de Escandon

Answer 19

Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley who built 20 settlements housing more than 6,000 people.

Question 20

Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo

Answer 20

Drove the French away from East Texas and reopened abandoned missions after the Chicken War.

Question 21

San Antonio de Valero

Answer 21

The Alamo.

Question 22

San Francisco de los Tejas

Answer 22

First mission in East Texas.

Question 23

San Antonio de Bexar

Answer 23

Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

Question 24

1519

Answer 24

Pineda became the first European to see the Texas coast.

Question 25

1718

Answer 25

The Spanish established a mission/presidio between the Rio Grande Valley and East Texas.