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100 Fact History Map
100 Facts for Texas History Course Map
Question | Answer |
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What are the 4 regions of Texas? | Gulf Coastal Plain, North Central Plains, Great Plains, and Mountains and Basins |
What places do the Sabine River separate? | Texas from Louisiana |
What places do the Red River separate? | Texas from Oklahoma |
What places do the Rio Grande River separate? | Texas from Mexico |
What did the Native Indians do? | Native Indians inhabited Texas prior to Spanish exploration |
What are the 4 major groups of the Native Indians of Texas? | Southeastern, Plains, Puebloan, and Western Gulf Indians |
What name did the Southeastern Indians give Texas? | They gave Texas "tejas" meaning friendly |
What did the Plains Indian depend on? | Buffalo for many uses |
What were the Puebloan Indians known for? | adobe pueblos and traded with the Plains Indians for animal hides |
Who was the first to come in contact with the Western Gulf Indians? | The Western Gulf Indians were the first to come into contact with the Spanish |
What was the goal of Spanish Explorers? | Gold, God, and Glory |
Who took the first cattle and horses in Texas? | They came with Spanish explorers in 1500s |
Who was the first person to map Texas's coastline? | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda in 1519 |
Who was the first Spanish Explorer to travel through Texas and write what they saw? | Cabeza de Vaca |
Who searched for Cibola, the fables seven cities of Gold? | Coronado searched for Cibola |
Who built Fort St. Louis and claimed the land of France? | La Salle built Fort St. Louis and claimed the land of France |
What was the goal of the Spanish mission system? | They were to teach Native Indians the Spanish way of life ( language, Christianity, and farming) |