Land of Texas
Name at least four regions of Texas?
Coastal Plains, Central Plains, Great Plains, & Mountains & Basins
What is a mission?
Religious community built with a purpose of converting Native Americans?
Who first landed in the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Forts that controlled hostilities with Mexico and Indians between El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley.
Border Guards
What region of Texas did the Karankawa live?
Coastal Plains
What is the land like in the Mountains & Basins region?
What are presidios and what are their purpose?
What did Pineda do once he landed in the "New World"?
Mapped coastline from Florida to Mexico.
Some of the first forts in Texas were considered what?
Private Shelters
What Native American tribe is going to struggle the most in Texas?
The Coahuiltecans
What is the weather like in the Coastal Plains region?
Hot, Humid, Wet
Why did the Spanish Missions all get started?
European Expansion in North America
What colony did La Salle find?
Fort St. Louis
These forts were built so that hunters and trappers on the frontier could trade their furs for needed supplies.
Forts built as trading posts.
What did the Apache rely on as a food source?
Bison
What region of Texas do we live in?
Central Plains
What religion was practiced in these Spanish Missions?
Catholicism
What was Coronado looking for?
Gold
A line of forts thrown up to guard the settlements of emigrants to Texas.
Settlement Guards
What Native American tribe was the first to begin using horses in Texas?
The Comanche
What type of rock is found in many places in Texas and helps keep land at a higher elevation?
Limestone
Why did Spain change their focus of building missions in West Texas to East Texas in the late 1600s?
To prevent the French from moving into their territory.
What was Cabeza de Vaca's goal when he came to the "New World"?
Conquer the land from Florida to Mexico
The U.S. Government originally approved a line of 8 of these to defend the western frontier.
Territory Guards
Bison-hunting Native American tribes typically move with the Bison and don't settle down, what is this type of lifestyle called?
Nomadic