Tribes of Texas
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial
Geography
Mexican National
100

A group that moves around from place to place

Nomadic
100

Name the 3 G's

God, gold, glory

100

What year was San Antonio founded?

1718

100

Capitol of Texas

Austin

100

What year did Mexico achieve independence

1821

200

A group that stays in the same place

Sedentary

200

Word for a Spanish conqueror of territory

Conquistador

200

A ____________ is a place for Spaniards to convert Native Americans to Christianity

Mission

200

Hot, humid region with many cities and natural resource of lumber (wood)

Gulf Coastal Plains

200

A business official who was hired by the Mexican Government to settle families in Texas

Empresario

300

Type of material Pueblo tribes used to build their homes

Adobe

300
Year that Cortes conquered the Aztecs

1519

300

Native Americans died of _________ because they lacked immunity

Disease

300

Dry, rocky region with little rainfall and big mountains

Mountains and Basins 

300

Main reason Anglo settlers came to Texas

Cheap land

400

_____________ tribes ate a diet of fish, turtles, and oysters.

Gulf Coast

400

Spain was concerned about the presence of this country in Texas

France

400

San Antonio de Valero, aka ____________ was the first mission founded in San Antonio

The Alamo

400

Boundary between Texas and Mexico

Rio Grande

400

A military adventurer who stirs up rebellion in other countries

Filibuster

500

The ________ tribes became master horseback riders, such as the Comanche and Apache

Plains

500

This explorer used different methods of survival and traveled around most of Texas starting in 1528

Cabeza de Vaca

500

A fort located nearby a mission that guards the people inside

Presidio

500

Man-made geographical characteristics

Human characteristics of geography

500

People living in Texas had to practice the _________ faith.

Catholic

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