Unit 3 test

Question 1

What were the two main reasons missions failed?

Answer 1

Disinterest and disease

Question 2

What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live the in the missions?

Answer 2

For protection from their enemies.

Question 3

French settlement near Matagorda Bay

Answer 3

Fort St. Louis

Question 4

Spain’s highest ranking official in New Spain was __________________ Antonio de Mendoza.

Answer 4

Viceroy

Question 5

_______ were built to house soldiers who protected settlers.

Answer 5

Presidio

Question 6

La Salle and his men built Fort St. Louis. It was not truly a settlement but a _______

Answer 6

Stockade

Question 7

What do Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortes, Alonso Alvarez de Pineda, and Panfilo de Narvaez have in common?

Answer 7

They all were from Spain

Question 8

Who was the first European to explore Texas?

Answer 8

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Question 9

What was the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?

Answer 9

Los Adaes

Question 10

When was San Antonio founded?

Answer 10

1718

Question 11

Who had settlements that had more than 6,000 people?

Answer 11

Jose de Escandon

Question 12

Which explorer was killed by his own men?

Answer 12

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle

Question 13

Who established Fort St. Louis?

Answer 13

Renee-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la Salle