Native Texans
This East Texas tribe lived in the Coastal Plains region.
Who are the Caddo?
European explorers were motivated by a desire to find this.
What is God, gold, and glory
A settlement created to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What is a mission?
This region contains most of East Texas.
What is the Coastal Plains?
Mexico encouraged these settlers to move into Texas.
Who were Anglos?
These people moved from place to place during different seasons.
What are nomads?
This explorer first mapped the Texas coastline in 1519.
Who was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda?
A fort built to house soldiers and protect settlements.
What is a presidio?
Palo Duro Canyon is located in this region.
What is the Great Plains?
He brought 300 American families to Texas.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
The Karankawa lived in this Texas region.
What is the Coastal Plains?
This explorer's stories encouraged other conquistadors to explore Texas.
Who was Cabeza
Catholic officials who taught religious practices in missions.
Who were friars?
This region is known for petroleum, natural gas, and mineral resources.
What is Mountains and Basins?
He settled 166 families near present-day Gonzales.
Who was Green DeWitt?
This nomadic tribe held mitotes and had no permanent home
Who were the Coahuiltecans?
The French fort that worried Spain was called this
What is Fort Saint Louis?
Native Americans were often this of new Spanish missions.
What is skeptical?
This region provides fertile land and lumber
What is the North Central Plains?
These were used to encourage Anglo settlement in Texas.
What are land grants?
Puebloan people built homes from this material
What is adobe?
A Spanish explorer seeking wealth and land was called this.
What is a conquistador?
Missions helped Spain keep control of Texas by converting Native Americans and doing this.
What is establishing Spanish settlements/claiming land for Spain?
A challenge faced by settlers in the Coastal Plains was this type of severe weather.
What are hurricanes/tropical storms?
Empresarios played a major role during this era of Texas History.
What is the Mexican National Era?