Natural Texas Exploration Colonization

What region of Texas is located at #1?

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• Mountains & Basins

• North Central Plains

What region of Texas is located at #4?

• Mountains & Basins

• North Central Plains

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

What region did the Comanche live?

• #1

• #2

• #3

• #4

Which region is Houston & Dallas located?

• #1

• #2

• #3

• #4

What country built missions to confirm claims of Texas land?

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• Portugal

Conflicts with American Indian Tribes would force Spanish colonists to......

• Move back to Europe

• Ask France for assistance

• Move missions to different areas

• Ask Britain for assistance

How do Historians organize information about the past?

• Create eras with similar characteristics

• Create telescopes to predict the future

• Read books written 20,000 years ago

• Listen to video of American Indian Tribes from previous centuries

European explorers searched for _________ to increase wealth for the mother country.

• Oil

• Rivers

• Gold

• American Indian Tribes

• God

Missions and Presidios were built near rivers! What is a presidio?

• Place to convert Natives to Christianity

• Area that protects a Mission

• Place used to irrigate crops

• Area that adobe bricks were built

Which portion of Texas has the highest elevation?

• North Texas

• East Texas

• South Texas

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