Spanish Texas

A fort or military outpost to protect missions.

• presidio

• mission

• irrigation canal

• stockade

Facilities to convert and educate Native Americans to Christianity.

• missions

• presidios

• stockades

• irrigation canals

Hasinai Caddo word meaning “ally” or “friendship”. It is where Texas gets its name.

• Tejas

• Amigo

• amie

• fruend

The East Texas native American tribe that Father Massanet reached out to with the San Francisco de las Tejas.

• Caddo

• Apache

• Commanche

• Plains Indians

France sent this man to try and establish trade with Spain.

• Louis St. Denis

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonso de Pineda

• Juan de Onate

Italian explorer who represented Spain who traveled west to try and reach Asia but unknowingly found the Caribbean Islands instead.

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Pizarro

• Robert de la Salle

• Ferdinand Magellan

Spanish explorers who conquered the Native Americans in Central and South America and established Spanish colonies.

• Conquistadors

• Missions

• Stockades

• Karankawas

Conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire and established Mexico City.

• Hernan Cortez

• Juan de Onate

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonso de Pineda

He was the first European to map the Texas coast. He did not enter into Texas though.

• Juan de Onate

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Robert de La Salle

• Alonso de Pineda

He was the first European to enter into Texas.

• Cabeza de Vaca

• Alonso de Pineda

• Robert de La Salle

• Juan de Onate