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European explorers
European Explorers and Missions vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| presidio | a Spanish military fort |
| mission | a settlement founded to spread Christianity to people in that area |
| fort | a military complex of buildings where soldiers live |
| La Bahia | the name of the first Spanish fort in Texas |
| exploration | traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery |
| taysha | the Caddo word for "friend"-the Spanish version is Tejas from which Texas got its name |
| colonization | state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories |
| San Antonio de Valero | a mission founded on the San Antonio river by Fray Olivares. It later came to be known as the Alamo. |
| hasinai | several tribes of Caddo indians that banded together |
| San Francisco de los Tejas | the first Spanish mission in Texas |