Early Man on Vacay
What region of Texas is the cities of Houston, Austin, and San Antonio in?
Coastal Plains
Which country arrive in North America, were friendly to Native American, establish extensive fur trading centers, and claimed the Mississippi River.
The French
Give two example of Spanish culture?
Language, clothes, faith,....
these pirates were military adventurers who wanted to free Texas or Mexico from Spanish rule.
Filibusters
What food source did the Plains tribes such as, Comanche and Apache depend on for survival?
Bison (buffalo)
Which group represents the Spanish soldier-explorers who hoped to claim wealth and territory during the Age of Contact?
conquistador
What is Architecture?
A style of building.
The "purchase" of this land from France by the United States led to the Neutral Ground agreement.
The Louisiana Purchase
What did early humans "cross" get to North America?
The Bering Land Bridge
Which early Spanish explorer map the coast line of Texas
De Pineda
In the Colombian Exchange what did natives get from the Europeans?
Horses, pigs, cows, death, loss of their land
This priest issued the Grito de Dolores, which called for Mexican independence from Spain.
Father Hidalgo
What Texas Native American culture group used adobe housing?
Puebloan natives
Which explorer got shipwrecked in Texas, captured as a slave by natives, became a shaman, traveled Texas, and later found near Mexico City, before writing a book about this legendary city.
Cabeza De Vaca
What was the purpose of presidios built in Texas during the Spanish Colonial era?
What were to protected settlers from attacks by Native Texans or other Europeans
Which of the following did Stephen F. Austin accomplish?
He founded the first significant Anglo colony in Texas.
What do the Great Plains and the Coastal Plains have in common?
Both are Flat. don't make it difficult
Which conquistador spent years looking for Cibola and failed in his quest.
Coronado
Which tasks were Natives responsible for while living in the missions?
Farming crops, raising livestock, carpentry, Iron work, or European jobs
Many Anglo settlers from the US pour into Mexico. They brought ideas of what government should be, freedom of religion, and the rights of the people. what did this lead to?
Distrust