Unit 1
Name a state that borders Texas
What are Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arkansas?
These were called religious settlements.
What are missions?
Name a country that borders Texas
What is Mexico?
These are what motivated the people to come to the "new world".
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
Columbus set sail in search of this.
What is an all water route to Asia?
this happened to La Salle's settlement.
What is destroyed by the Karankawas?
These were called military forts.
What are presidios?
List the regions
What are Coastal Plains, Central Plains, Great Plains, and Mountains and Basins?
Cortez conquered this native group.
Who are the Aztecs?
Coronado spent years searching for this city.
What is Cibola?
This happened to La Salle after he left his settlement in search of the Mississippi River.
What is killed by his own men?
This was the purpose of the missions.
What are teach the Native Americans Christianity?
Early people migrated from Asia to north America on this.
What is walked on the Bering Strait?
Pineda claimed the land he saw for this powerful country.
Who is Spain?
The Plains culture group lived in these type of homes.
What are Tepees?
La Salle was the first to sail down this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
This San Antonio Mission's was given this nickname.
What is the Alamo?
Homes in the Pueblo culture group were made of this.
What is adobe?
This Spanish explorer shipwrecked and spent many years living in and walking through Texas.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
This happened to La Salle's ships when he came back to the "new world".
What is shipwrecked?
France was in search of this "shortcut" in North America.
What is the Northwest Passage?
This mission and presidio were built in 1718.
What is Valero and Bexar?