TX Regions & Natives
What region of Texas is along the Gulf Coast?
Coastal Plains
What are the 3 G's?
Gold
God
Glory
Why did early settlers come to Texas (what did they want)?
Cheap land
Who was the first (and third) president of Texas ?
Sam Houston
What was the name of the buildings the Spanish tried to convert Native Americans in? (The Alamo was one!)
MISSIONS
What region in Texas has the highest elevation and gets the least rainfall?
Mountains and Basins
What country first sent explorers to the New World (including to Texas)?
SPAIN
What country won its independence from Spain and ruled Texas before Texas gained independence?
MEXICO
Who was the Mexican General who attacked the Alamo, tried to defeat the Texas Revolution but was defeated at the Battle of San Jacinto?
Santa Anna
What word describes the economic activity of farming?
AGRICULTURE
What is the name of the Native tribe that lived on the plains, hunted buffalo, and nearly stopped Manifest Destiny (our country's push to the West)?
The COMANCHE
What was the name of the explorer who was kidnapped by Indians and wrote the first book about his experience in the New World?
Cabeza de Vaca
Who is known as the "Father of Texas" for bringing the first Anglos (Americans) to Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
What was the slogan of the Battle of Gonzales (1st battle of the TX Revolution)?
COME AND TAKE IT
What do you call the rapid growth of cities when people move from rural (farm) areas to cities?
URBANIZATION
Name 3 Indian tribes that lived in Texas
Caddo Coahuiltecan
Karankawa Jumanos
Apache Comanche
Wichita Kiowa
What was Spain's process/idea for trying to colonize the New World?
Build missions to convert the Natives
(make them Catholics, learn Spanish)
Who was known as the "Father of Mexico," who gave a speech called "Grito de Dolores" that started the Mexican Revolution against Spain?
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Who was the commander of the Texas forces at the Alamo?
William B. Travis
What were the Mexican cowboys who inspired the cowboys in Texas called?
VAQUEROS
Which rgeion is called the Breadbasket of Texas?
The GREAT PLAINS
In what year did Pineda sail along the coast of Texas, providing the first map ever of the region?
1519
What was the name for the land agents who brought early settlers to Texas?
Empresarios
What year did Texas win its independence from Mexico?
1836
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