Geography of Texas
This region of Texas is the furthest west, receives the least rainfall and has the highest sea level
What is the Mountains and Basins
The opposite of a settler, this word describes a person that changes homes very frequently
What is a nomad?
Christopher Columbus called the Native Americans __________ because he mistakenly believed this
What is Indians; that he had reached Asia (the Indies)?
Spanish Missions centered around one particular building that taught Native Americans this
What is Christianity?
This was another name that Europeans called North America
What is the New World?
This part of the map tells you which direction North South East and West are
What is the Compass Rose
This region of Texas has the highest population, the lowest sea level and the most rainfall
What is the Coastal Plains?
Natives American groups such as the Plains centered their lives around this animal that they used for food, shelter, clothing, and even tools
What is the Buffalo?
This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztecs and took down the city of Tenochtitlan
Who is Hernan Cortes?
The Spanish were motivated to establish Missions in Texas for this reason
What is, to keep the French out of Texas?
This Empire ruled what is today Mexico, believed in Human Sacrifice, had tons of gold, and was defeated by the Spanish
What are the Aztecs?
This part of the map can tell you what the different colors and symbol mean
What is the Legend/Key?
This city is the furthest west in all of Texas and is the only major city in the Mountains and Basins region
What is El Paso?
Native Americans who didn't move frequently were called this and instead of hunting, they did this for food
What are Settlers and Farming?
These are the 3 G's that motivated European Explorers to travel to the New World
What are God, Gold, and Glory?
Native Americans chose to join the missions because the Spanish promised them these 2 things
What is food and protection?
This word means to make others more like you
What is Assimilate?
This disease was brought by Spanish Explorers and devastated Native American tribes
What is Smallpox?
As you move West in Texas__________ increases and _____________ decreases
What is Elevation; Rainfall
This Native American group lived in far west Texas in permanent settlements that were mistaken for the legendary city of gold
What are the Pueblo Native Americans?
This explorer was the first European to explore much of Texas. He lived among the Natives, at first being enslaved, but later becoming a respected member of the tribe
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
Native Americans hated living in Missions for these 2 reasons
What is not being allowed to leave or practice their own culture?
The first person/people to discover/live in America
Who are the Native Americans?
This Native American group successfully destroyed Mission San Saba and forced the Spanish to retreat in Texas
Who are the Comanche?