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Caddo or Karankawa
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Sub-regions and the land.
100
France is the country where this explorer came from. He traveled down the Mississippi River and had claimed the land for France. He named it after the king, calling it "Louisiana". He sailed back to France to tell the king he wanted to start a colony in the new world.
Who is La Salle?
100
Missions are different from Villas and Presidios, because they had this kind of special building.
What is a church?
100
This was a peaceful tribe that lived in the Piney Woods of the Coastal Plains. The their word for "friend" was the basis for the state name of Texas.
What is the "Caddo Tribe"?
100
The Caddo would make beehive-shaped houses using these natural resources. List them
What are timber supports made from trees and mats made of long, dry grasses.
100
Name how many sub-regions there are in the Coastal Plains.
What is five?
200
This explorer left his ship to explore the area in Florida, but he never found his ships again! So he and his crew sailed on rafts and ended up along the Texas coast by what is now Galveston. Name this Spanish explorer who got lost!
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
200
This type Spanish fort was built to protect the missions. Name it.
What is a presidio?
200
This was the first tribe that the early explorers of Texas probably encountered on the Gulf Coast. They were nomadic, and each village had a chief. Name this tribe.
What is "Karankawa"?
200
These were naturally growing crops that the Native Tribes showed early settlers how to grow, especially at the missions.
What are maize (corn), potatoes, beans, and tomatos.
200
The Caddo lived in this sub-region. It is filled with large forests. Name it.
What is "the Piney Woods" region?
300
These are the three reasons the Spanish came to North American, and into early Texas.
What are riches, land, and to spread their religion?
300
The leader of a mission is called a priest or the Spanish word for father. Name this word.
What is "padre"?
300
The Caddo tribe governed, or ruled, itself by working together for the common good. Name this type of governing.
What is a "confederacy"?
300
This word describes a place where ships can dock to load or unload cargo.
What is a port?
300
This is the westernmost sub-region. It is made up of gently rolling grassland. It's rich, dark soil is perfect for farmers, and gives the name to this sub-region.
What is :the Blackland Prairie region"?
400
This explorer set up a colony on the coastal plain of early Texas. The unhealthy wetland caused many colonists to die, and he was killed by his own soldiers when he tried to get help. The remaining colonists were killed by natives. Name this unlucky explorer.
Who is La Salle?
400
There are this many Spanish missions in San Antonio.
What is five?
400
These people dressed in very light clothing. They built dug-out canoes and ate a lot of seafood. They were a fierce warrior tribe. Name them.
What is the Karankawa?
400
Pick out the following landforms that are found in the Coastal Plains region: a) barrier islands b) volcanoes c) mountains d) sand dunes e) bayous f) forests g) desert h) canyons i) hueco tanks
What are: a) barrier islands d) sand dunes e) bayous and f) forests BONUS: explain what a "bayou" is and where you find it.
400
This sub-region is the southwestern part of the Coastal Plains. The cities of San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville are all in this sub-region. Most of it is dry land covered with lots of throny brush. Lots of oil wells are here, along with cattle ranches and farms. Name it.
What is "the South Texas Plain"?
500
This country was afraid that France would start claiming land since they established one fort on the coastal plain. So they decided to build missions. Name this country.
What is Spain?
500
This is the religion of Spain that established the missions. Name it.
What is the "Roman Catholic Church"?
500
Describe how the Caddo met their economic needs.
The Caddo were farmers. They would trade pottery or crops for the things they could not make or grow. They would store food for the tribe until the next growing season. Later, they were interpreters for the European explorers when they arrived.
500
Explain what happened to the Karankawa tribe.
What is " they were wiped out by the diseases brought by the European groups and the many battles they fought with the newcomers from Europe."
500
This place has the longest sand beach in the United States. There is a national preserve set up here to protect landforms, plants and animals. Name this place.
What is Padre Island?