Chapter One Self-Test

Chapter One Self-test

Take the following self-test as many times as needed to master chapter content. Included page numbers will enable you to check your responses.

1) Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca’s expedition ended in 1536. Three years later, in 1539, the Crown sent ______to the lands north of Mexico. a) Luis de Moscoso de Alvarado b) Pánfilo de Narváez c) Friar Marcos de Niza d) Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Hint: page 14

2) The reconquista led to all of the following EXCEPT: a) economic development and prosperity in numerous Spanish cities compared to other European urban centers. b) a new form of municipal government encompassing ayuntamientos and hermandades. c) the rendering of numerous social and political privileges to the clergy. d) the spread of Islam throughout the Iberian peninsula. Hint: pages 10-12

3) The Jumanos were noted a) warriors. b) traders. c) horsemen. d) agriculturalists. e) agriculturalists and traders. Hint: pages 7-9, 19

4) The mission and presidio established on the San Sabá River in 1757 was for a) the purpose of serving as a buffer between French and Spanish territorial claims. b) Christianizing the Comanches. c) Christianizing the Apaches. d) protecting Texas’ far western boundary. Hint: page 24

5) Both Coahuiltecans and Karankawas

1) lacked formal political organization. 2) practiced a primitive and animistic religion. 3) moved frequently within given areas, their migration generally corresponding to the change of seasons. 4) All of the above. Hint: pages 4-5

6) The first Spanish mission in Texas (among the Caddo) was: a) Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe de los Nacogdoches. b) San Francisco de Aguayo. c) San Francisco de los Tejas. d) San Fernando de Bexar. Hint: page 21

7) The civilian settlement at Nacogdoches was founded in the 1700s by: a) the Spanish government as a buffer against French intrusion into Texas. b) the French as a buffer against Spanish expansionism. c) recent immigrants from the Canary Islands. d) settlers who had earlier been forced to leave their Iberian homeland. Hint: page 22

8) According to the text, incorporation included all of the following EXCEPT? a) defending the region from foreign threats by linking it to social and political systems of the transplanted civilization. b) establishing and maintaining previously successful institutions. c) transplanting one civilization over another. d) assimilating indigenous peoples. Hint: page 24 9) Which of the following is NOT an element of Texas culture that originated in Spain? a) ranching practices b) raising sheep c) importing African slaves d) using missions to promote Christianity Hint: pages 10-13

10) A mission and fort to Christianize the Apaches was built on the ______River near present-day Menard, Texas. a) San Gabriel b) Espiritu Santo c) San Sabá d) San Ygnacio Hint: page 24