Vocabulary
The study of the past and its people.
History
A Plains Culture rival to the Apache.
Comanche
The meeting between this expedition and the Karankawa began the Age of Contact in Texas.
1528-Narvaez Expedition
The export of gold and silver was what type of reason for exploration?
Economic Reason
The Caddos in East Texas became skilled in this way of life.
Farming
An outbreak of disease.
Epidemic
Why did European diseases kill native Americans and not Europeans themselves?
Native immune systems had not been exposed to those diseases before.
Expansion of empire, gaining wealth and the spreading of Christianity is referred to as the _______.
Three G's
Converting natives to Catholicism was this type of reason for exploration.
Social Reason
Spanish missions, built for social reasons, converted natives to this religion.
Catholicism
The transfer of product between the East and the West.
Columbian Exchange
Nomads that lived along the Gulf of Mexico.
Karankawas
This early explorer conquered the Aztecs.
Hernan Cortez
The year Columbus set sail in the ocean blue.
1492
Fierce warriors, that hunted buffalo, lived in this culture group.
Plains Culture
Periods of time.
Eras
Adobe homes were built in Puebloan West Texas by this Native American tribe.
Jumano
Which European country funded Christopher Columbus' idea and voyage?
Spain
The expansion of empire or territory is an example of this type of reason for exploration.
Political Reason
A spanish soldier, in search of gold and new territory.
Conquistador
A person who wanders from place to place.
Nomad
The Plains Culture heavily depended on this large animal (mistakenly called a buffalo).
Bison
The first known map of Texas was made by this early explorer.
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
This city was built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the capitol of the Aztec empire.
Mexico City
A military fort used to protect Spanish missions.
Presidio