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most popular sport in the world
football/soccer
What are the four PHYSICAL REGIONS of Texas called?
Coastal Plains, Great Plains, North Central Plains, and a Mountain and Basin.
The main purpose of the Catholic missions was to convert Natives to what faith?
Catholic
What two European countries attempted to explore Texas – and ran into the Native Texan tribes while doing so?
Spain and France
What are the three G's
God
Gold
Glory
Name the last two States admitted to the United States
Alaska and Hawaii
When thinking about the Mountain and Basin Region, what is the area’s precipitation and elevation?
Precipitation – very little
Elevation – high
What was the name of the fort that protected the missions? Can you spell it
Presidio
What city was founded in 1718
San Antonio
What did Alonso Pineda do for Spain? What year did he do this? (Think of our song code!)
Pineda mapped the Gulf Coast
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Taylor Swift
What river separates Texas and Mexico?
Rio Grande
The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as
Columbian Exchange
Spanish name for the Seven cities of Gold
Cibola
) Why did the Spanish built MOST of their missions in East Texas near the Texas and Louisiana border?
The French were just east of Texas. The missions were trying to protect Texas from French invasion.
If you are in Rio de Janeiro what language would you be speaking?
Portuguese
What river separates Texas and Louisiana?
Sabine (pronounced Sah BEAN)
Fray Damien Massenet and Alonso de Leon built what famous East Texas mission near the Caddo tribe?
San Francisco de los Tejas
Why is De Vaca important?
First European to step on Texas soil. He wrote about his journey which created more interest in Texas.
What French explorer settle in Texas near Matagorda Bay.
La Salle
Best Selling Christmas song of all time?
White Christmas
City with the largest population not located in the Coastal Plains?
Fort Worth
Which Catholic priest wrote a letter to the French Governor of Louisiana to send priests to East Texas?
Francisco Hidalgo
Which explorer found the Grand Canyon?
Coronado
What was the Name of the Fort built by the French
Fort Saint-Louis