Explorers
Native Americans
The Spanish Mission
Maps
Vocabulary
100
This unlucky French explorer lost 2 ships before he even arrived to his destination.
La Salle
100
If someone was born mixed between Spanish and Native, they were called this.
Mestizos
100
The difference between a Mission and a Presidio.
Presidios are military outposts, missions are religious outposts.
100
Who colonized the RED portion of the MAP?
Great Britain
100
This is the Spanish word for "conquerors"
Conquistadores
200
The Spanish general that encountered the Hasinai on the way to Fort St. Louis
Alonso de Leon
200
This group of Natives called the Spanish "Ta'sha", meaning "friend".
Hasinai or Caddo
200
The full name of the PRESIDIO that was established along the San Antonio River, that would eventually bear the creation of the Alamo.
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar
200
Who colonized the DARK GREEN portion of the map?
Spain
200
The word for a Roman Catholic teacher
Friar
300
Named the "Grandfather of the Rio Grande Valley", he founded about 20 settlements in the region.
Jose de Escandon
300
These two groups were infamous for their use of horses in the Great Plains and Southeast.
Apache and Comanche
300
This was the reason why Spain decided to build a mission in Central Texas.
To have a mission in between Mexico and East Texas.
300
Who colonized the DARK BLUE portion of the map?
France
300
This word means a "legal pirate".
Privateer
400
This friar is responsible for the construction of the Alamo, in San Antonio.
Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares
400
Tell me one big reason why the Natives would decide to join the Spanish Missions.
Food, protection, jobs.
400
This was the name of the first mission in East Texas.
San Francisco de los Tejas
400
Who colonized the BROWN portion of the map?
Russia
400
This word means "someone who studies the physical remains of the past".
Archeologist
500
His mission to reclaim lost Spanish lands was delayed for two years, to the point where the French happily gave them their land back.
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
500
This Native group is known for being nomadic, but also the inspiration behind the name for one of Mexico's northern states.
Coahuiltecan
500
The four cultures that would live within the mission.
Spanish, Mexican, Native American, African
500
Who colonized the PURPLE part of the map?
Portugal
500
This word means "family history tracked through the father's side.
Patrilinear