1) What was the significance of 1519? a) LaSalle establishes Fort Saint Louis b) Pineda maps the coastline of Texas c) Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas (writes a book) 2) What is the significance of 1537? a) Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas (writes a book) b) LaSalle establishes Fort Saint Louis c) Pineda maps the coastline of Texas 3) What is the significance of 1685? a) Pineda maps the coastline of Texas b) LaSalle establishes Fort Saint Louis c) Cabeza de Vaca reports on Texas (writes a book ) 4) Why was the amount of land the Spanish had a problem ? a) not enough settlers /to police it / hard to maintain control b) it cost to much money to keep c) they had to many people living there 5) Father Hidalgo a Spanish Catholic priest cooperated with the ______ to bring missions into ____ Texas. a)  Spanish, South b) English, West c) French, East 6) The Spanish were motivated by the 3 Gs which are a) gifts, God. grace b) God, Gold, Glory c) Gumption, grace, glory 7) The Spanish settled by ... a) building missions in Texas b) building villages in Texas c) Buying up land in Texas 8) One negative effects of Spanish missionaries and the missions they built was  a) their beds were cold b) they worked everyone to much c) the diseases they brought that killed many Indians 9) During the Colonial Era in Texas a) The Spanish built missions & presidios b) The French built houses c) The English built cars 10) The Spanish build missions in Texas because  a) their afraid the French will steal & claim their land b) they like missions c) thats all they know how to build 11) The Spanish & the French had many territorial fights over land claims in a) Spanish Florida b) Texas c) French Louisiana 12) The Spanish sent Massanett & DeLeon to East Texas to start a mission in 1690 because LaSalle made them scared that the French  a) was having to much fun b) were making bombs c) were starting settlements in the Texas 13) Cibola is the name of the Spanish legend that says.... a) that there are 7 cities made & filled full of gold in Texas b) there are 2 cities that are made out of silver in Texas c) cities in Texas are have lots of cows 14) How many of the following are results of Spanish influence in Texas ? a) San Antonio b) Fredericksburg c) El Paso d) Gruene e) San Jose 15) The 1st Mexican (Spanish) settlement in Texas was in a) Houston b) Florida c) San Antonio 16) The Spanish came to Texas and built missions which resulted in changing the culture by which of the following? a) New foods b) New religion (Catholic) c) More hours in the day d) New traditions 17) Fredericksburg is a result of ______ language influence just like San Antonio is a result of _______ language influence.  a) Texan, German b) Anglo, German c) German, Spanish 18) The French built forts & trading posts they were not interested in the Indian's land they just wanted a) to ask the Indians to go to church with them b) Their gold c) Furs (beaver pelts) 19) The English wanted which of the following... a) religious freedom b) land c) more money d) more people to live in their houses 20) Historians divide time up into ERAs (aka chapters) a) to help them make sense of it  b) because they get tired of counting all of the years

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