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Ch. 6 Vocab
Ch. 7 Vocab
Ch. 8 Vocab
Spanish Missions
100
I am the city in which you can find the Alamo.
What is San Antonio
100
A settlement built for religious purposes.
What is a Mission?
100
An agreement among countries that work together.
What is an alliance?
100
A white person living in the US, that is not hispanic.
What is an Anglo American?
100
In 1519, this explorer mapped the Texas coast.
Who is Pineda?
200
The river that separates Oklahoma and Texas
What is the Red River?
200
A term for a spanish explorer who was sent to find new land?
What is conquistador?
200
To change something from its original form.
What is transform?
200
A period of low economic activity and high unemployment.
What is a depression?
200
Spanish word for Texas.
What is Tejas?
300
I am home to the Rockets and Texans.
What is Houston?
300
A term for a spanish fort?
What is presidio?
300
Through Father Hidalgo's grito, Mexico gained this from Spain? Another term for freedom.
What is liberation?
300
One might use this to measure land and boundries.
What is a survey?
300
These were the 3 things most all conquistadors explored for.
What are God, Gold and Glory?
400
I am the current governor of Texas.
Who is Greg Abbott?
400
I am the conquistador who conquered the Aztec upon my entry into Mexico.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
400
To remove or drive out.
What is displace?
400
Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring settlers to Texas.
What is an empresario?
400
These were the islands that Christopher Columbus landed upon before his discovery of America.
What are the Bahamas?
500
I am the home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders
What is Lubbock?
500
By traveling the length of the Mississippi River, I founded what would become Louisiana.
Who is Rene-Robert Cavalier Sieur De La Salle
500
A ________ (cowboy) would use a __________ (rope) to lasso cattle.
What is a vaquero and a lariat?
500
The money, property and goods a brides family gives her grooms family upon marriage.
What is a dowry?
500
What mission is located in the heart of San Antonio and was the site of a major battle for Texas independence?
What is the Alamo?