Natural Texas
Age of Contact
Native Americans
Explorers
Just for Fun
100
This region is the driest and on the western end of Texas
What is the Mountains & Basins region?
100
These two countries had their eyes on Texas for exploration
What is France and Spain?
100
Primary source of meat among most groups
What is the bison or buffalo?
100
Responsible for discovering new land in the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
labeling countries on a map
What is in all capital letters?
200
As a result of the storm surge, this was built to protect the city from future disaster
What is the seawall in Galveston?
200
Lived in Texas for thousands of years before European exploration
What is the Native Americans?
200
A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas
What is a conquistador?
200
Usually in the top left hand corner of the page
What is your student header?
300
This region has the densest population due to it being close to many natural resources
What is the Coastal Plains?
300
This group operated under a complex social system based on status
What is the Caddo?
300
This group were loosely structured and linked - lived in confederacies
What is the Caddo?
300
This explorer is responsible for creating an accurate map of the Gulf Coast
Who is Pineda?
300
The place to find additional resources to study for the upcoming exam
What is ItsLearning?
400
This river forms the border between Texas and Louisiana
What is the Sabine River?
400
Reason for exploration
What is the Three G's?
400
This country introduced Native Americans to horses
What is Spain?
400
His group was the first European group to reach the Mississippi River
Who is DeSoto?
400
Location of the worst natural disaster in history
What is Galveston, Texas?
500
The western border of the Coastal Plains region
What is the Balcones Escarpment?
500
Status in terms of wealth and land
What is power?
500
This group dried and saved buffalo meat which is known today as beef jerky.
Who are the Comanche?
500
His journey began the era called the Age of Contact - his stories prompted other Spanish explorers to seek fame and riches in the Americas
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
500
Traces ancestry through kinship from the mother
What is a matrilineal relationship?
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