TX25-26 - AoC Spanish Exploration [2]

Organize these options into the right categories. WHEN COMPLETED THERE SHOULD BE THREE [3] ITEMS IN EACH CATEGORY

Groups:

(a) NATURAL TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE

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(b) AGE OF CONTACT

• "Prehistoric" people migrated to Texas

• Spain sent explorers to the "New World" for gold, God, and glory

• Karankawas fished in the gulf and Comanches hunted the buffalo

• Early people learned to farm

• Cortes conquered the Aztecs and built Mexico City

• Cabeza de Vaca survived a shipwreck and walked through Texas

Label this map of Texas with the names of the CULTURE groups in their correct locations.

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• PUEBLO - built adobe villages and farmed along the Rio Grande

• PLAINS - lived in tepees and used horses to hunt the buffalo

• SOUTHEASTERN - hunted, farmed, fished, and traded in East Texas

• GULF - used dugout canoes for fishing and travel

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b

c

d

PUEBLO

SOUTHEASTERN

PLAINS

GULF

The region shaded BLUE is called​ (a)  

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• Major cities here are:

• ​ (b)   - largest city, and center of the petrochemical industry

• ​ (c)   - 2nd largest city, and home to the Alamo mission

• ​ (d)   - port city where goods are imported and exported

• the Coastal Plains
• Houston
• San Antonio
• Galveston
• the North Central Plains
• Dallas
• Austin

PLACES IN TEXAS

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• The capital of Texas is​ (a)   , established on the Colorado River. The largest Texas city is​ Houston, which is located near the coast and not far from the port city of​ (b)   where ships import and export supplies. The major city closest to Dallas is​ (c)   . Rivers that help form the border of Texas are the​ (d)   separating Texas and Mexico, the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma, and the ​ (e)   River forming a border between Texas and Louisiana.

• Austin
• Galveston
• Fort Worth
• Rio Grande
• Sabine

Read the passage provided.

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• Which THREE [3] of the choices are examples of how early people adapted to their environments?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• building tepees on the plains

• learning new languages to communicate with each other

• building adobe villages in the mountains of Texas

• using up all the natural resources and then moving on to new places

• developing irrigation systems in dry areas

Which area of Texas has the HIGHEST elevation?

Which European country did ALL of the following:

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• * won control of their country from the Moors in 1492

• * sent explorers to the "new world" for gold, God, and glory

• * introduced cows and horses to the "new world"

Match the following EXPLORERS with the correct summary

• COLUMBUS

• sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, discovered North and South America

• CORONADO

• survived a shipwreck and spent 8 years as a slave, shaman, and trader in Texas

• CABEZA de VACA

• conquered the Aztecs in 1519 and built Mexico City

• CORTES

• mapped the Texas coast in 1519, claiming it for Spain

• PINEDA

• searched for Cibola [the Seven Cities of Gold] but found only good soil for farming

Use the timeline provided to help answer both of these questions.

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• 1 - Which TWO [2] events happened in the same year?

• 2 - Which explorer, in your opinion, had the biggest impact on Texas History. Explain your answer.

ALL of these events happened during the "Age of Contact" except -

• Cabeza de Vaca survived a shipwreck

• Early people migrated from Asia to North America and learned to farm

• Cortes conquered the Aztecs in 1519

• Spanish explorers brought cattle, horses, and other livestock to the "New World"