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Adapt. and Modi.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Early Texas settlers established communities near where? | Water sources and fertile soil |
| The decline of which animal population significantly impacted Native American tribes? | Buffalo |
| Which system was responsible for bringing colonists to Texas through land grants? | Empresarios |
| What natural resource was commonly harvested for building homes in early Texas? | Lumber |
| What agricultural technique was developed to help crops survive in drier regions of Texas? | Irrigation systems |
| Spanish settlers established ________ to convert Native Americans to Christianity. | missions |
| Early settlers cleared land through _________, which provided building materials but changed the landscape. | deforestation |
| The conflict between Texas settlers and the _______ government eventually led to revolution. | Mexican |
| ________ were military outposts established by Spanish settlers for protection. | Presidios |
| Buffalo populations declined due to _________, which forced Native American tribes to change their way of life. | hunting |
| Three ways that early Texas settlers adapted their farming practices to suit the Texas climate | Created irrigation systems, painted crops good for Texas culture, and settling near water. |
| Some ways that Spanish settlements modified the environment | Missions, deforestation, towns, ranchos, and presidios |
| Negative consequence of the Texans over hunting buffalo for the Natives? | Buffalo near extinction and natives had to move |