Regions
How many regions does Texas have?
4
True or False
The Rio Grande is the shortest river in Texas
False
True or False: The first humans to explore and live in America and Texas were hunters.
True
True or False
In the 1500s, the Aztec people practiced cut and water agriculture.
False, they used slash and burn.
Spain built ____________________ to take control of Texas before other countries tried to do the same.
missions
True or False, Texas' state bird is the Northern Sing Song Bird
False, it's the Northern Mocking Bird
Is the Colorado River located in Texas the same Colorado River found flowing through Arizona?
No
They crossed the Bering Land Bridge.
Hernando Cortez was sent from Cuba to the Gulf of Mexico to trade with and enslave people. Instead his plan was to
True or False,
Once inside mission villages, Native Americans could come and go as they wanted.
False, they could not leave
Which region borders the Gulf of Mexico?
The Coastal Plains Region
Which river forms the Texas/Oklahoma boundary?
The Red River
The Gulf of Mexico
The Sabine River
The Yellow River
The Red River
Paleo Indians wandered across Texas searching for:
(Be specific)
Bison and Mammoths
Alonso Alvarez Pineda discovered the _________ River
Rio Grande
The mission San Antonio de Valero is also known as the famous
Alamo Mission
Which are the 4 regions in Texas?
Coastal Plains, Central Plains, Great Plains, Mountains and Basins
The Comal River is the (largest or shortest) River in the country?
Shortest!
Which tribe is known as the first true farmers?
Kiowa
Caddo
Comanche
Tonkawa
The Caddo
Cabeza de Vaca told stories about the _____________ that turned out to be a hoax
Seven Cities of Gold
After Mexico declared independence from Spain, the ____________________ government took control of New Spain and its missions.
Mexican
What are the 4 states in the Southwest Region
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma
Galveston Bay System is a group of bays along the
Gulf of Mexico
Fighting often broke out between the tribes. The Comanche tribe owned ____________ which was a great advantage for them.
Horses
Robert La Salle was a French explorer who built a French colony at the mouth of the ____________________ River and named the colony
_________________
Mississippi River and Louisiana
1834, the Mexican government ____________ the missions and each Native American family was given a small piece of lan.
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