Natural Texas & Its People
What region of Texas is the cities of Houston, Austin, and San Antonio in?
What is the Coastal Plains.
What year did Christopher Columbus set sail looking for a new trade route to Asia
What is 1492
How did Spain decide to colonize Texas
What were missions
____________________________________________were military adventurers who wanted to free Texas or Mexico from Spanish rule.
Who were Filibusters
A document written by someone who experienced or lived through an event.
What is a primary source
What is the capital of Texas?
What is Austin.
Which country arrive in North America, were friendly to Native American, establish extensive fur trading centers, and claimed the Mississippi River.
Who was the French.
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
The "purchase" of the ____________________________________________ by the United States led to the Neutral Ground agreement.
What was The Louisiana Purchase
Which conquistador mapped the Gulf Coast which included Texas.
Pineda
What food source did the Plains tribes such as, Comanche and Apache depend on for survival?
What is the buffalo.
Which group represents the Spanish soldier-explorers who hoped to claim wealth and territory during the Age of Contact?
What is an conquistador
Which tasks were Natives responsible for while living in the missions?
What was Farming crops and raising livestock
Why is 1821 an important date in Texas history?
Mexican citizens gained independence from Spain.
Who defeated the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
What did early humans "cross" get to North America?
What is The Bering Land Bridge.
(made mainly from ice)
Who was shipwrecked in Texas, became a slave, and wrote a first hand narrative of his time spent in Texas which included mentioning Cibola.
Who was Cabeza de Vaca.
The American cattle industry today evolved from the Spanish ranching practices of which group?
Who were the vaqueros
____________________________________________issued the Grito de Dolores, which called for Mexican independence from Spain.
Who was Father Miguel Hidalgo
the term for moving around searching for food and not having a permeant home?
What is nomadic
What Texas Native American culture group used adobe housing?
Who is Puebloan natives.
Which conquistador spent years looking for Cibola and failed in his quest.
Who was Coronado.
Why did most Spanish missions in Texas fail?
What was the local Natives rejected Christianity and the Spanish culture.
From todays lesson!
Who led the revolution against the Spanish rule in Mexico?
Who was Augustin de Iturbide
What is the greatest Anime in human history
What is One Piece!