Native Americans
What tribe made dugout canoes, fished, and lived in the coastal plains region?
What is Karankawa
Definition of Nomad
Someone who moves from place to place
When was the Galveston Hurricane?
September 8th, 1900
When was the texas revolution over?
April 21, 1836
Why did spaniards build missions?
To convert natives into Catholicism
What are the 4 geographical regions of Texas?
What are the Gulf Coast, Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, and the North Central Plains region
Definition of Wildcatter
Someone who goes from place to place and drills hoping to strike oil
Where was oil first discovered in texas?
Spindletop near Beumont
What was the last battle in the Texas Revolution?
San Jacinto
Who mapped in texas coast in 1519?
Pineda
Which tribe heavily relied on buffalo to stay alive?
What is the Comanches
Definition of Urbanization
To turn a rural area (farmland) into a more modern land (city)
When year was the stock market crash?
1929
Who wrote the Victory or Death letter at the Alamo?
William B. Travis
Who made a journal of his experiences with the natives?
Cabeza de Vaca
Which cultural region had tribes that made adobe mounds and painted their face for trading?
What is the Puebloan region
Definition of Annexation
To become a part of another country
What caused the dust bowl?
Loose soil that turned into a storm
Why did Texas rebel?
What was Cibola?
The mythical city of gold that brought explorers to the New World
Which treaty put Native Americans on resevoirs and gave them benefits like housing, healthcare, hunting grouds, and ammunition? (Hint: It was signed on 1867)
What is the Medicine Lodge Treaty
Definition of presidio
A fort that protects missions
What caused woman to join the workforce in Texas?
Men shipping out to WWl
Who was the texaian army general?
Sam Houston
What was the main cause of the natives death?
Diseases brought by the spaniards