Natural Texas
Native Cultures
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial Era
Mexican National Era
Odds and Ends
Odds and Ends 2
Other "Stuff"
100

This region is where the city of Houston is.  It also has major hospitals, corporations, the Houston Ship Channel, and petroleum companies

Gulf Coastal Plains

100
This nomadic culture typically lived near the coast and stayed alive by fishing.

Gulf Culture

100

This explorer was the first to map the Texas coast in 1519

Pineda

100

This was the system for colonizing North America by the Spanish.  It consisted of building missions, presidios, towns, and finally haciendas.

Mission system

100

A person who brought settlers into Mexican Texas was called an 

Empresario

100

These are the "3G's"

God, gold, glory

100
The southern border of Texas and Mexico is formed by the _________________
Rio Grande
100

Best Christmas movie ever is 

200
This region is the least populated.  It has lots of manufacturing, and ranching, but has the fewest economic opportunities in the state

Mountains and Basins

200
These tribes were excellent horsemen and were nomadic, following the large herds of bison that grazed the prairie.

Plains culture

200

He conquered the Aztecs in 1519

Cortes

200

This mission was the "gateway to Spanish Texas" because people always stopped here.

San Juan Bautista

200

This was the year that Mexico got its independence from Spain

1821

200

This fort in San Antonio is now famously known as  The Alamo.  What was it called in 1718?

Mission San Antonio de Valero

200

The border between Texas and Oklahoma is formed by the ___________

Red River

200

The most disgusting holiday treat is 

300
This region is home to Fort Worth and the largest sheep market in the U.S.

Great Plains

300

This culture lived in the mountains and basins region.  They survived by trading, fishing, and farming, even though the region is very dry.

Puebloan culture

300
He was such a bad leader that he was killed by his own men!

La Salle

300

This fort became the unofficial capital of Texas

Los Adaes

300

_______________ supported a strong national government, while ___________________ supported a weaker, less powerful national government

Centralists; Federalists

300

This man was Stephen F. Austin's father.  He had the idea to colonize Texas, but he died before he could accomplish his dream

Moses Austin

300

The southeastern coast of Texas slopes down into the __________

Gulf of Mexico

400
This region has oil, ranching, farming, and many other businesses, as well as the city of Dallas

North Central Plains.

400

This sedentary group lived in large dome houses and farmed to stay alive.

southeastern culture

400

This man searched for years to find Cibola - the lost city of gold.

Coronado

400

This fort was started by the French and La Salle.  It was quickly abandoned.

Fort St. Louis

400
Victoria was the only town in the colony owned by this empresario

Martin De Leon

400

The highest point in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, is located in this region of Texas

Mountains and Basins

400

A presidio is a _____________ settlement

military

500

This river forms the border between Texas and Louisiana

Sabine River

500
This type of lifestyle means that you live in one place for a long time

Sedentary

500
This man wrote the book about the lost city of gold.  Because he did, many men came from Spain looking for it.

Cabeza de Vaca

500

This was the first Spanish mission in East Texas.  It was considered a failure.

Mission San Fransico de los Tejas

500

The Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 made which religion the official religion of Mexico?

Catholicism

500

A mission is a ____________________ settlement

religious

500

The North Central Plains and Great Plains both have extreme weather with cold winters, hot summers and lots of wind and ______________

storms

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