Vocabulary & Key Terms
What were empresarios responsible for?
What is granting land?
Pictographs are examples of what?
What are cave paintings?
What motivated Spanish exploration?
What is God, Gold, and Glory?
A republic is defined as what?
What is a government where people elect leaders?
Who led the Mexican forces at the Alamo?
Who is Santa Anna?
What does “revolution” mean?
What is a sudden change or uprising?
Which Native American culture built adobe homes in the desert?
Who are Pueblos?
What gave Spanish conquistadors an advantage over Native peoples?
What are horses and steel weapons?
The Mexican Revolution began in what year?
What is 1810?
“Remember the Alamo” was used as what?
What is a rallying cry for Texans?
What is a mission?
What is a religious settlement?
The Ice Age land bridge connecting Asia and North America was called?
What is Beringia?
A viceroyalty was what?
What is land ruled by Spain?
What document officially ended the Mexican War of Independence?
What is the Treaty of Córdoba?
Which battle marked the start of the Texas Revolution?
What is the Battle of Gonzales?
What is an epidemic?
What is a disease that spreads quickly?
The Karankawa lived along which part of Texas?
What is the Gulf Coast/Coastal Plains?
Miguel Hidalgo began the Mexican Revolution by issuing what?
What is the Cry of Dolores?
Which priest is famous for starting the fight for Mexican independence with the “Grito de Dolores”?
Miguel Hidalgo.
Who became the first president of the Republic of Texas?
Who is Sam Houston?
What is a presidio?
What is a Spanish fort built to protect missions and settlers?
Name two natural features that appear on a physical map.
What are mountains and rivers?
Who was the first to map the Texas coastline?
Who is Pineda?
What event marked the official end of Spanish rule in Mexico?
The signing of the Treaty of Córdoba.
Why did the Texans fight at the Alamo despite being outnumbered?
To delay Santa Anna’s army and inspire Texan resistance