Early Texas Cultures
A person who moves from one place to another.
What is a nomad?
To travel through an area to learn about it.
What is explore?
A large organized group of soldiers prepared for war.
What is an army?
A land agent organizer who brought settlers to Texas.
What is an empresario?
The act of growing or increasing in size or area.
What is expansion?
The activity of pursuing and capturing animals for food.
What is hunt?
While it can mean a specific task, these were settlements established to claim land and teach the Catholic religion to the Native Indians.
What is a mission?
The state of being free from the control or influence of another country.
What is independence?
A person in the U.S. of English descent.
What is an Anglo?
Moving to a country to live permanently.
What is immigration?
Refers to the indigenous people of the Americas.
What are Indians?
Journey made for exploration or a specific task.
What is an expedition?
The edge or boundary of a country or region.
What is a frontier?
A line dividing two areas or counties.
What is a border?
The act of adding territory to an existing area of control.
What is annexation?
Sun-dried brick made from earth and straw.
What is adobe?
A military fort in Spanish-speaking countries; a fortified military settlement.
What is a presido?
Spanish-born residents in the New World who held the highest colonial, church, and military positions.
What are peninsulares?
An act of violent or open resistance to an established government.
What is a rebellion?
A person owned by another; forced to work.
What is slavery?
The practice of cultivating the land and raising crops or livestock.
What is farming?
To set up or initiate something, generally withthe intention of it being long-term.
What is to establish or (found)?
People of mixed Spanish and indigenous ancestry.
What are Creoles?
A resident of Texas with Mexican descent.
What is a Tejano?
The movement to end slavery.
What is abolition?