Coffee
What is the first group of settlers brought by Stephen F Austin called?
Old 300
Who mapped the Texas coastline?
Pineda
What did Cabeza de Vaca tell Spain about when he returned to Europe after spending years wandering around Texas?
Seven cities of gold or cibola
What is the major city, and the biggest in Texas, located in the coastal plains region of Texas?
Houston
What is the least populated geographic region of Texas?
Mountains and Basins
What is the name of the first mission built in East Texas?
San Francisco de Los Tejas
Italy
Which river forms the border between Texas and Oklahoma?
Red River
Which river did Stephen F Austin settle his colony closest to?
Brazos River
What was banned in Mexico but allowed in Mexican ruled Texas anyway?
Slavery
Why did missions fail?
Too expensive and natives weren't interested
What is the name of one Plains tribe?
Apache, Comanche, or Kiowa
Who conquered the Aztecs?
Cortes
What is the name of the city in far West Texas?
What religion were settlers who moved to Texas required to practice?
Catholicism
Who does history blame for bringing diseases to native populations?
Explorers from Europe
Which geographic region gets the most annual rainfall and has the lowest elevation?
Coastal Plains
Which river forms the border between Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande
Which French explorer go SERIOUSLY lost and wound up in Spanish controlled Texas?
La Salle
What year did Mission San Antonio de Valero open for business?
1718
What is the name of the new state created by the Mexican Constitution of 1824?
Cohuila y Tejas
What fort did La Salle build?
What is the name of the first Mission in ALL of Texas?
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Which river forms the border between Texas and Louisiana?
Sabine