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Thinking like a Historian
Geography 1
Geography 2
Discovering America
(and Texas)
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What is an example of a primary source?

eye witness account

100

If a location is given in relation to other places, then it is a _______________ location.

Relative

100
Imaginary lines on the earth that would appear like a ladder, but measure vertically (north and south)
Latitude
100

The country that Christopher Columbus was from and the one that sponsored his trip.

From: Italy

Sponsored by: Spain

100

A church and living quarters to teach native Americans about God and the Spanish way of life.

Mission

200

What is an example of a secondary source?

A textbook, analysis on primary sources

200

Name the three types of map.

political, physical, and thematic

200

A large underground formation consisting of gravel, rock, and sand, that holds rainwater.

Aquifer

200

The three G's

Glory, Gold, and God

200

Fort to protect the missions

Presidio

300

Is a biography about Abraham Lincoln a secondary or primary source?

secondary

300

What tells the distance on a map?

the scale

300

What are all four regions of Texas?

great plains, north central plains, mountains and basins, and coastal plains

300

Europeans brought ____________ that killed off many Native Americans.

Disease
300

Explorer stranded in Florida, built boats, sank, and never seen again.

Narvaez

400

Is a World War 1 soldiers diary about his experience a primary or secondary source?

primary

400

The study of the world, its people, and the interaction between them

What is geography?

400

Region of Texas with the most rainfall

Coastal Plains

400

Europeans brought _______________ and this changed the way of life for many Native American tribes.

Horses

400

Explorer that published a memoir of his 8 year journey that included some of the first written accounts by a European of the lands, plants, animals and Native Americans of Texas.

Cabeza de Vaca

500

Is an 1870 textbook about the Revolutionary war a primary or secondary source?

secondary

500

Type of map that shows boundary lines, roads, and major cities.

Political

500

Region of Texas with the large city of El Paso, but remains the smallest populated region over all.

Mountains and Basins

500

A ruler who exercises authority in a colony on behalf of the sovereign of the colonizing power.

Viceroy

500

True or False - Most Native Americans wanted to fully embrace the Spanish way of life.

False