Vocabulary
Native Tribes
Explorers
Missions
Misellanous
100
Spanish soldiers looking for gold, god and glory
Conquistador
100
This tribe was the known as the most violent tribes
Apaches
100
The explorer the discovered the New World
Columbus
100
What was the first permanent settlement of Europeans in Texas established in 1682 called?
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
100
A district of a country
Province
200
Priests who helped to create missions
Friar
200
This tribe has sun dance ceremonies
Kiowas
200
The explorer that discovered The Texas Coast
Pineda
200
What does the word Tejas mean?
Friend
200
The city council of a settlement
Ayuntamiento
300
A religious settlement
Mission
300
This tribe believed in shamans
Coahuiltecans
300
The explorer that adpated to the Karankawas.
Cabeza de Vaca
300
What is the Mission San Juan Bautista known as
The Mother of Texas Mission
300
Another name for a mayor
Alcalde
400
A Spanish official who represents the king or queen
Viceroy
400
This tribe painted their faces with striped lines and wear black and white featers.
Jumanos
400
This explorer conquered Mexico/Aztecs
Cortes
400
What was the name of the first Spanish mission created by Father Damian Massanet?
San Francisco de los Tejas
400
Name given to people who are of mixed blood
Mestizo
500
A settlement where buildings have roofs that are flat
Presidio
500
This tribe used alligator fat & dirt, painted themselves with bright colors, and had two family names.
Karankawas
500
The only French explorer and name the state Louisiana after King Louis
La Salle
500
How did Spanish Friars attract Native Americans to the missions?
By offering them food and gifts
500
Someone who is Mexican and considers Texas their home is know as a ?
Tejano
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