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TRIBE
(Indians)
REGION
(Where in Texas)
FOOD SOURCE
HOUSING
Mountains & Basins (Hot/little rain)
Farming
Pueblos (adobe)
Great Plains
Hunting & Gathering
Tipis
Jumanos
(Mostly
Farming)
Apaches
(Buffalo main
food source)
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North Central Plains&
Great Plains
Hunting & Gathering
Tipis
Coastal Plains
Hunting small game, Farming,
& Fishing
Cone Shaped Structure
Comanches
(Buffalo main
food source)
Caddoes
(Farming,
Gathering, small
animals)
Hard Time finding food.
What was the Jumanos’ main source of food?
FARMING
What was the major food source of Native Americans living in the North Central plains?
BUFFALO
Which groups lived in the most difficult environment for finding food? GULF COST PLAINS INDIANS
What were the homes of the Plains Indians called?
TIPIS
Which group of Native Americans lived in a desert (Hot & little rain)? JUMANOS
What type of homes did the Caddos live in? CONE SHAPED HUTS
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Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
KIOWAS
NORTH
CENTRAL
PLAINS
GREAT
PLIAINS
COMANCHE
CADDOES
TIGUAS
APACHE
JUMANOS
ATAKAPANS
KARANKAWAS
COASTAL
PLAINS
MOUNTAINS
& BASINS
San
Antonio
COAHUILTECAN
S
Houston
Corpus Christi
Which land feature is the most common (Largest) in Texas? COASTAL PLAINS
Which Native American Indians groups lived in the Mountains and Basins Region?
Name the four major geographic regions of Texas? 1. COASTAL PLAINS
2. NORTH CENTARL PLAINS 3. GREAT PLAINS 4. MOUNTIANS & BASAINS
Houston, Corpus Christi, San Antonio Texas are located in which Texas region? COASTAL PLAINS
Which Native Americans lived in the Coastal Plains? COAHUILTECAN, KARANKAWAS, ATAKAPANS,
CADDOES
The Kiowas lived in which Texas Region?
GREAT PLAINS
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Know the 5 Themes of Geography:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIqC79WrpKg
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Location
Where are we. (ABSOLUTE = Street address & RELATIVE= Land mark or
DIRECTIONS)
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Place = What is it like there (PHYSICAL= LAND FORMS
HUMAN= PEOPLE
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&
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Human-Environment Interaction= How PEOPLE AND ENVIROMENT AFFECT EACH
OTHER
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Movement = HOW people, goods, ideas moved from place to place.
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Region = How are Regions similar to and different from other. (Countries, States, Land forms)
Use the timeline and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
Early European Explorers
1492
Columbus
reaches the
Americas
1519 Pineda
explores the
Gulf Coast
of Texas
1537
Cabeza de
Vaca
reports on
Texas
1542
DeSoto-Moscoso
expedition
reaches Texas
1682
First Texas
mission is
established
1718
Mission San
Antonio de
Valero
established
1475
1718
1541
Coronado
leads
expedition
into Texas
1610
Oňate
establishes
Santa Fe
Which French explorer built Fort St. Louis? LA SALLE
Which explorer mapped the Gulf coast? PINEDA
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1685
La Salle builds
Fort. St. Louis
What year did Coronado explore Texas?
1541
When was the first mission established in Texas? 1682
Columbus reached the New World in what year
? 1492
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Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions
Political, Social and Economic reasons for Exploration and Colonization
Crown
To gain more power.
(Think of the 3 G’s) God. Gold, and Glory
Conquistadors
Money and Freedom
Sailors
Missionaries
TEACH the Catholic faith.
Why did Spanish Conquistadors explorer the Americas (Think of the 3 G’s)? GOD,Gold, and Glory
Whet was the job of the Missionaries in the New World? TEACH CATHOLIC RELIGION
What did the Sailors want? MONEY and FREEDOM
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Key Terms
Each sentence below is missing a word. Two choices for the missing word appear in parentheses in the
sentence. Read each sentence and circle the correct letter that corresponds with the word in the space provided.
Many Spanish ( conquistadors ) came to the Americas to gain wealth and honor by conquering the Native
Americans.
The Aztecs were conquered by (Cortes).
The French were seeking the (Northwest Passage) when they explored the Mississippi River.
Diseases from Europe killed many of the (Native Americans) people of the Americas.
La Salle’s men killed him in a (mutiny).
Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
Why were the Spanish worried about the French Fort St. Louis in Texas? AFRAID FRENCH WERE
TAKING TEXAS
What did Álvarez de Pineda make a map of? TEXAS
What was the goal of the Missions in Texas? TEACH RELIGION/MAKE INDIANS CATHOLIC
What did the Spanish explores looking for in Texas? GOLD, GOD, GLORY (3G’s)
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Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Presidio San Antonio de Béxar
(San Antonio, Texas)
Why was the location Presidio San Antonio de Béxar (San Antonio, TX) important? Look at the map?
HALF-WAY POINT BETWEEN MEXICO CITY and EAST TEXAS
Give some example of how the influence of the Spanish can still be seen in Texas today?
Example= Spanish Names (San Antonio) FOOD, MUSIC.
Why was getting supplies (Food, medicine) difficult in east Texas? Was it closer or further away from Mexico?
BECAUSE THEY WERE FAR AWAY FROM MEXICO CITY.
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Definitions
a. Empresario (Think Real Estate agent) = a person who brought settlers to Texas.
b. Militia = a group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
c. Speculator = a person who buys a large area of land and sells pieces of it to others
d. Title = a document showing the legal right to own a piece of property
What did the Spanish call their Forts? PERSUDIOS
People who wage unofficial wars are called? Filibusters
The Spanish hoped to convert the Native Americans to Catholicism (Catholic) by setting up what? MISSIONS
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What kind of work did Native Americans do in the missions? FARM, GATHER FOOD, MAKE POTTERY
Which of the following led to problems in the presidios
NO MONEY or SUPPLIES
?
What year did Mexico win its independence from Spain? 1821
La Salle was looking for which river when he landed in Texas? MISSISSIPPI
Mier y Terán worried that the American settlers in Texas had no regard for what? THE MEXICAN CULTURE
How did the horse change help the Plains Indians? MADE HUNTING/MOVEMENT EASIER.
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What was the first mission built in Texas?
The Law of April 6, 1830 banned what is Texas? SLAVERY
Why did some of the Native Americans go to the Missions? FOOD & PROTECTION
The Coastal Plain is set off from the western regions by a steep cliff called a(n)? ENSCARPMENT (Like a Cliff)
The plants and animals that live in an area naturally is called? HABITAT
What is an example of the interaction of people and the environment? CUTTING DOWN TREES
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Wind, water, and glaciers can wear down landforms in a process called? ERROSION
Latitude
Know what longitude
What is the Prim Meridian? SEPERATES EASTERN & WESTERN PART of the WORLD
IDENTIFYING TEXAS REGIONS
Know the 4 Regions of Texas
absolute location = Exact location (HOME ADDRESS)
physical geography = the study of the land forms
Latitude = lines that measure distance between north and south of the
Equator
Longitude = lines that measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian
relative location = where a place is compared to where other places are
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The cost of land in Austin’s Colony and in the United States in 1823
1 Acre
Austin’s Colony
12 ½ cents
1 Acre
United States
$1.25
Why did people want to come and settle in Texas? CHEAP LAND
How much did an acre coast in Austin’s colony? 12.5 Cents
How much did land cost in the U.S? $1.25
Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the questions
In 1821, Moses
Austin received
permission to bring
300 American
immigrants to Texas
to settle. Other
Americans became
empresarios and
brought immigrants
to Texas
The Law of April 6,
1830 prohibited
further immigration
from the U.S. to
Texas, and stated
that slaves could no
longer be brought
into Mexico. It
placed custom duties
on all goods coming
from the U.S. into
Texas
Conflicts and fighting
took place between
Texas settlers and the
Mexican government
in Galveston,
Anahuac, and Velasco.
The Texas settlers
were encouraged to
rebel against the
strong central
government of Mexico
by friends in the U.S.
Santa Anna
created a new
constitution,
placing all
governing
power in his
hands. Santa
Anna sent
General Cos to
Texas to
enforce his
laws.
.
Why did the Texas settlers not like the Law of April6? No more US Immigration, OUTLAWED SLAVERY,
PAY TAXES
Why did Stephen F Austin make his colony close to the Brazos River? FRESH WATER AND
TRANSPORTATION
What was Austin colony called? OLD 300
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Who helped Moses Austin win his Empresario grant? BASTROP
Which Empresario settled people from Mexico? De LEON
Describe the picture above CATHOLIC MASS
Use this photograph to answer question
Look at the picture above….Is there Spanish/Mexican influence? If so How? The
BUILDING, STONE WALKWAY, RELIGIOUS SYSBOL (CROSS)
Use the graphic and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question below.
Fredonian
Rebellion
Mier y Teran
The Law of
Report
April 6, 1830
The Texas settlers got ------------------- at the Mexican government.
Mutiny= fight (as of a naval crew) against an officer
Petroleum = OIL
Shamans = Medicine man
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