Regions of Texas
This Region of Texas has only on Major City, and is characterized by Hot summers, cold winters and arid/dry climate.
What is the Mountains and Basin Region?
Conquistadors from this country were the first European explorers in what would become Texas.
What is Spain?
This is the "wilderness at the edge of the settled area of Texas".
What is "The Frontier"?
He is called the "Father of Texas"
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
This business cycle follows all industries, in good times and hard times.
What is the Boom and Bust Cycle?
This region of Texas has the most rivers in Texas and is characterized by Warm/hot summers, cool winters, adn mostly plains with rolling hills.
What is the Coastal Plains?
These native Texans were the first to meet europeans in Texas, after keeping Cabeza de Vaca is shipwrecked off the coast of Texas. They are a tall bunch!
What are the Karankawa?
This type of transportation resulted in growing smaller town populations at alarming rates, and destroy those it did not reach.
What is the Railroad?
The name given to Stephen F. Austin's first 300 settlers?
What is "The old 300"?
This industry has been Texas most thriving since its discovery.
What is the Oil and Gas industry?
The city of Amarillo is located in this generally flat, cold winter, warm summer region of texas.
What is the Great Plains Region?
This most famous explorer is credited with discovering the new world in the year 1492, yet NEVER set foot in Texas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The attitude/thought that America had the divine right, given by god, to expand westward.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This city is one of the oldest in Texas; Along with El Paso and Nacogdoches
What is San Antonio?
Future planning for Texas must consider improvement to this type of support to people, business and industry; consisting of transportation, power generation, roads, Bridges, airports, communications.
What is Infrastructure?
This River is the southernmost border of Texas, separating Texas and the United States from Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
This oddly named war was started when French soldiers stole farm animals, by the same name, from the Spanish. The 'squawking' and 'flapping' ended this skirmish.
What is "The Chicken War"?
This is invention, with sharp spikes set at intervals, is credited with most likely closing the Open Range of Texas and even the central part of the USA.
What is Barbed Wire?
The Mexican Constitution of 1824 fails to outlaw this type of evil practice that brings most settlers to Texas in the hope of profiting from cotton farming?
What is Slavery?
There are only 2 ways to increase your population; one is having babies, this one is more instant.
What is immigration?
Red River & Sabine River are commonly called this kind of river; these types of rivers separate Texas from other states and/or countries.
What is a Border River?
The name of this type of early Texas spanish settlement, literally translates to "Fort", used to protect missions from attack.
What is a Presidio?
these are the descendants of the first cattle in the New World, brought by Christopher Columbus and other Spanish colonists. They have a high-drought stress tolerance and can survive on the poor vegetation of the open range in south, central areas of Texas
What are Longhorn Cattle?
The Texas settlers make a deal with and then elect this centralist to power, who they will later rebel against and defeat for freedom.
Who is Santa Anna?
This type of economic activity is characterized by a variety(Diverse amount) of industries to provide income to an economy; Prevents a recession if your main industry goes bust.
What is Economic Diversification?