Time for Kids - In a Spanish Mission

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  1. 3. French explorer whose fort built near Victoria made the Spanish interested in Texas again (p.5)
  2. 5. Some indigenous peoples mixed their spiritual beliefs with the Spanish ____________ taught by the priests (p.7)
  3. 7. Tribe that destroyed Mission San Saba (p.12)
  4. 8. Spanish were searching for a legendary city of gold called ___________ (p.3)
  5. 9. Religious men who founded missions to convert the indigenous peoples to Christianity (p.6)
  6. 12. Mission built for the purpose of befriending the Apache (p.12)
  7. 13. Number of missions in the San Antonio area (p.11)
  8. 14. European disease that killed many of the indigenous people of Texas (p.8)
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  1. 1. Priests tried to teach the indigenous peoples of Texas the Spanish ______________ (p.7)
  2. 2. Current name of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas (p.9)
  3. 4. Mixture of mud, sand, straw, and water used to make bricks (p.7)
  4. 6. By 1973
  5. 7. Some Indigenous peoples accepted Spanish ________, or ways of living (p.15)
  6. 10. _______ grew up where missions had been located (p.15)
  7. 11. San Antonio de __________, original name of the Alamo (p.11)
  8. 12. There were once twenty-______ missions in Texas (p.12)
  9. 15. The best-known mission in San Antonio is known by a nickname, the ___________ (p.11)