Explorers
Hernando de Soto traveled across TX to find this precious metal for Spain
What is gold?
Settlers in the 1820's migrated to Texas for this.
What is cheap farmland?
True or False
In 1803, The Louisiana Purchase cost 15 million and was purchased by Thomas Jefferson.
True
Early people migrated to North America followed herds over this kind of bridge.
What is a land bridge?
This group viewed the building of new Spanish missions with suspicion.
Who are American Indian tribes?
True or False
The soil in North Central plains and the coastal plains are good for growing crops.
True
This happened to the East Texas missions after the Spanish saw that no one lived there and the Native Americans rejected Christianity.
What is closed them?
This region of Texas faces the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the coastal plains?
After the discovery of North America, European explorers traveled to the "new world" to find these 3 things.
What are spreading Christianity (God), increasing their wealth (gold), and getting recognized (glory)?
The Spanish built mission in Texas for this purpose.
What is to spread Christianity?
State the missing era:
1. Natural Texas and It's People
2.
3.Spanish Colonial Era
4. Mexican National Era
What is Age of Contact?
This region includes the Cross Timbers, which is known for pecan, elm, and oak trees.
What is the north central plains?
According to legend, this city was a part of the seven cities of gold.
What is Cibola?
He founded the 1st Anglo colony in Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
Spain colonized Texas for this reason.
What is to convert native Americans to Christianity?
These 2 regions of Texas are good for growing crops.
What are the coastal plains and the north central plains?
This successful Tejano rancher represented Texas at the Mexican constitutional Convention.
Who is Erasmo Seguin?
This animal is the main source of food for the Karankawa Indians.
What is fish?
This group of people was impacted the most by Spanish missions in Texas.
Who are the native Americans?
What is the north central plains?