Texas Review
Vocabulary
Columbus
Spanish Conquistadors
French Explorers
100
I am the country south of Texas.
What is Mexico?
100
I am a Spanish explorer and soldier.
What is a conquistador?
100
I am the year Columbus sailed for India.
What is 1492?
100
Conquistadors were looking for these 3 things.
What is gold, silver, and power?
100
I am the first French colony.
What is Ft. St. Louis?
200
I am the number of regions in Texas.
What is 4?
200
I am a trip with a purpose.
What is an expedition?
200
I am the year Columbus discovered America.
What is 1492?
200
I am the religion Spanish explorers wanted to convert the natives to.
What is Catholic?
200
I am the region the first French colony was located in.
What is the Coastal Plains?
300
I am the number of groups early cultures were divided into.
What is 4?
300
I am a group of advisors.
What is a council?
300
I am the islands that Columbus first landed on.
What is the Caribbean?
300
I am the first permanent settlement in Texas. I a Spanish mission.
What is Corpus Christi de la Ysleta?
300
I am a barrier of posts (fence) used to protect the first French settlement.
What is a stockade?
400
Name the regions of Texas.
What is Moutains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, and Coastal Plains?
400
I am an agreement to work together.
What is an alliance?
400
Columbus claimed the Americas for this country.
What is Spain?
400
The first Spanish settlment was located in this region.
What is Mountains and Basins?
400
To settle and establish political control over an area.
What is colonize?
500
Name the cultures of Texas's early people.
What is Southeastern, Gulf, Pueblo, and Plains?
500
I am an official who represents the king.
What is a viceroy?
500
I am the queen that gave Columbus the money to sail.
Who is Queen Isabella?
500
We are the 2 Spanish conquistadors that came to Texas to claim more land for Spain.
Who are Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado?
500
We are the 2 French explorers.
Who are Cavelier and LaSalle?
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